New England Patriots Obtain Online Ticket Reseller Names 233
Billosaur writes "The New England Patriots sued on-line ticket re-seller StubHub (a subsidiary of eBay) to obtain the list of names of people who tried to buy or sell Patriots tickets using the service. StubHub lost an appeal in Massachusetts state court last week, and was compelled to hand over the list of 13,000 names. It is currently not clear what the Patriots organization intends to do with the names, but they have intimated that they may revoke the privileges of any season ticket holders on the list. The Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington D.C.-based advocacy group, said the court order to turn over the names infringes on the privacy rights of Patriots fans. At issue is whether using the on-line service allows an end-run around team rules and Massachusetts state law, by allowing ticket holders to charge extreme mark-ups on their tickets." How does this ruling apply to other pieces of transient property?
To be fair... (Score:3, Interesting)
Mixed Feelings (Score:3, Interesting)
A part of me gets sick when I go on eBay and find tickets for a concert or sporting event that is up for sale by a "professional" scalper. Especially annoying are when these tickets were obtained from a fan club membership, or sold out within minutes only to appear right on eBay. It makes it more expensive for a real fan to get decent seats.
Then the other part of me is a capitalist pig and says there's nothing wrong with that.
As for selling these season tickets... I don't see what the big deal is. People have done that for years, only now it's easier. They've also bought season tickets for the purpose of giving to clients (or prospects).
per (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:It's all about the markup... (Score:1, Interesting)
Make no mistake; Capitalism is not without flaw, and without government intervention, the economy would crumble just like those failed communist countries everybody uses as examples. Greed ultimately ruins everything.
Re:To be fair... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:To be fair... (Score:3, Interesting)