It harms everyone in the Live Entertainment system from performers to free and soared ticket issuers to invest heavily in the server capacity to deal with the measures. Artificially generated what they produce and if it is listed as sold out seconds later consumers are frustrated. The secondary market is impacted by this practice like ebay supports legislation that the misuse of of bots harms all parts of the industry. The biggest impact is on the fans. Report by the new York Attorney general suggestedy least tens of thousands of tickets per year are acquired using ticket box. I believe that the vibrant secondary marketing place is nothing good for consumerssu they should be able to sell their tickets for those that are willing to pay extra is there right but it is estimated half of the tickets sold our balloon base value so that prospect cuts both ways but i take issue with of legislation that seeks to redress is the 6 practice of cutting in line when they are offered so regular consu
Fraud case surfaces 18 months later looking much different and facing some very serious charges today thursday, january 2nd, 201 2014. And goods morpgs, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. 7 00 a. M. On the west coast. Al is hard at work tracking this monster storm. Were kaepg you busy. Its going to be a long few days. Lets go right to ron mott. Hes up in bos top. Were understanding that youre expecting about a foot of snow there. Take us through it. Reporter yeah. Happy knew year to you. Were expected to get pounded by the storm. Theyre trying to get everybody to take mass transit if you can. The morning commute hasnt been bad, hasnt been awful but hasnt been great. What theyre worried about is getting home tonight and getting around tomorrow. That could be a real test. Day two of the new year, the first major winter storm of 2014 is here, threatening much of the northeast with heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding. Residents preparing for battle today, stocking
Once again to the Consumer Electronics show. Going to update you on the latest gizmos that theyre showcasing there. It all were building the false and dad today first of hundreds of Police Officers transferred some according to turkish media move to traffic duty. Its seen as turkish Prime Minister read too tired to no ones answer to a vast corruption probe. Its already forced the resignation of three of his ministers despite the dismissals. Irans continuing this tuesday. This time targeting the state Railway Company in a western port. The Current Police headquarters reshuffle. In a decree published at midnight that i kissed government dismissed hundreds of Police Officers including chiefs of the financial and organized crime units according to local media and they will be assigned to traffic departments all the stations outside the capital. This is the latest episode of the political scandal got some floating in tacky the city. The blasts targeting to bringing a cake onto a more than a
Morning. Good morning. It feels like afternoon already summer. Welcome back to the gaithersburg book festival. My names mike sesma. Im a former member the Gaithersburg City Council and a proud supporter the gaithersburg book festival since its inception if you joined us for the first 10 book festivals, well, welcome back and if this its it is really great to be here in person this year after two years of virtual book festival, as you know, gaithersburg is a city that values and supports the arts and humanities and were pleased to bring you this fabulous festival. Thanks and part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. Our volunteers are wearing these bright orange shirts. So if you see them, make sure you say thank you and if you see our sponsors, theyre the ones Walking Around with money falling out of their pockets say thank you to them, too. Before i introduce our author Michael Dobbs, let me make a few announcements. Please silence all of your electronic mobile devi
Only his wife, but actually with my other uncle chu mon lee who died in vietnam and is buried in Arlington Cemetery in washington, d. C. I want to thank supervisor cohen and the rest of this board and San Francisco ans for honoring my uncle kurt lee and to thank him for ~ setting a great example not only for chinese americans, but for all in living a life of courage and honor as we move forward with our lives. I have a couple of items. The first is a hearing request. Colleagues, all of us are faced with the challenge of keeping our various commercial corridors vibrant and filled with thriving businesses. I know on clement street and balboa and on geary in my district its a critical goal of my office. A commercial vacancy is problematic not just because it represents a failed business, but also because it can create the perception that an entire district is neglected and it creates blight as well. Much of city hall, according to many from our neighborhood, focuses recently on Large Comp