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Taylor Swift files to trademark her voice and likeness in era of AI deepfakes (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

I'm saying the artist should do more to try and avoid the venue. Does ticketmaster own all venues everywhere? What about smaller venues and a few more shows? Garth Brooks is a good example of saying "fuck you" to ticketmaster.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Ticketmaster doesn't own any venues, their parent company Live Nation does. Live Nation does own many of the venues in the largest areas (1 in 20, but they have partial control of more). Ticketmaster's exclusivity deals covers another 65% to 85% of the market (no one really knows and was hoping this would come more to light during the congressional hearing).

    Artists literally have no choice here. If they want to go where people actually are and be heard, they can't escape Ticketmaster.

    Also, Garth Brooks? That's your example here? The guy who wrote a letter to Congress this year defending Ticketmaster as this stand up company who cares about ticket pricing and the fans? Yeah he's said some things against surge pricing but he is definitely not anti Ticketmaster.

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