Ticketmaster and Live Nation, two of the biggest online ticket vendors and promotional companies in the music industry, are being sued by Songkick over “antitrust violations, intentional interference, and anticompetitive behavior.”
Songkick has been on the rise in recent years. They supply users with an aggregated calendar of all music events of interest. They just wrapped up a pair of pre-sales for Adele and are planning to conduct more ticket sales on their site. With such big plans for the future, Songkick now seem to be taking the necessary steps to carve out their place in the concert ticketing domain
In a 68-page document filed with the U.S. District Court of Central California, Songkick claim that Live Nation and Ticketmaster made a conscious effort to restrict their business. The document outlines that Ticketmaster conducts 70% of general ticket sales and that Live Nation controls over 60% of concert promotion. Songkick is basically saying that these two companies are too big and they they deserver a piece of the action.
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