Often, they do not. The DOJ is currently suing TicketMaster because they have exclusive agreements with nearly all of the large venues and that prevents those venues from using other ticket providers. To be fair to TicketMaster, they argue they are not a monopoly because there are many smaller venues that they are not exclusive with.
But, TicketMaster even requires that artists use TicketMaster's promotional agency if they want access to these large venues.
I wasn't talking about having the choice of using another agency, Ticketmaster is predatory and this is a problem.
I was talking about using Ticketmaster (for the lack of other choice) but using one of the more consumer friendly services Ticketmaster appear to provide. I am sure Ticketmaster won't mind, they get their share anyways.
What I wanted to say is that Ticketmaster may be responsible for your ticket costing $70 and not $60, but for all the other bullshit, they just do what is asked of them (by the artists, venue, event organizers, etc... maybe even the fans themselves). Or at least, that's how I think it is.
Often, they do not. The DOJ is currently suing TicketMaster because they have exclusive agreements with nearly all of the large venues and that prevents those venues from using other ticket providers. To be fair to TicketMaster, they argue they are not a monopoly because there are many smaller venues that they are not exclusive with.
But, TicketMaster even requires that artists use TicketMaster's promotional agency if they want access to these large venues.
And more evil stuff! Details here...
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-live-...