India, April 1 -- President Donald Trump has signed an Executive Order to protect fans from exploitative ticket scalping and bring drastic reforms to the U.S. live entertainment ticketing industry.
The order directs the Federal Trade Commission to work with the Attorney General to ensure that competition laws are appropriately enforced in the concert and entertainment industry.
The order requires the FTC to rigorously enforce the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act and promote its enforcement by state consumer protection authorities.
Price transparency should be ensured at all stages of the ticket-purchase process, including the secondary ticketing market.
Trump has ordered the FTC to evaluate and take enforcement action to prevent un...