New York can jail ticket scalpers who use bots under new law
November 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
New York State is trying to do something about how difficult — and expensive — it can be to buy tickets to concerts, plays, and sporting events online. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill today that criminalizes the use of “ticket bots,” which allow resellers to quickly purchase tickets before legitimate customers can get to them.
The use of ticket bots had already been subject to fines in New York, but those fines clearly weren’t cutting into resellers’ profits enough to discourage the practice. Under this new law, running ticket bots will be considered a misdemeanor, which can carry a fine of up to $1,000 or twice an individual’s gain from a crime, as well as one year in jail.
