The End of An “Eras?” Antitrust Law and Policy Making a Drastic Change in Live Entertainment Ticketing?

Authors

Tyler J. Miller

Abstract

Disaster struck for many Taylor Swift fans as Ticketmaster’s system crashed, causing turmoil amongst consumers searching for tickets to Swift’s Eras Tour. This crash led to an outcry for change to create a better live entertainment industry. Congress, courts, consumers, competitors, and legal scholars have responded by proposing numerous potential solutions. Bipartisan and public perception have pointed primarily in one direction: antitrust law and policy. In the wake of over 100 years of antitrust legislation and jurisprudence, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has sparked a call for the use of Title 15 of the United States Code to remedy problems in the live entertainment industry. This article analyzes the situation under those same antitrust principles, but posits that, while antitrust law may provide a long-term solution, a short-term solution may promote the same policies with which antitrust law is concerned.

First Page

279

Recommended Citation

Tyler J. Miller, The End of An “Eras?” Antitrust Law and Policy Making a Drastic Change in Live Entertainment Ticketing?, 7 Bus. Entrepreneurship & Tax L. Rev. 279 (2024).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/betr/vol7/iss2/8