Quirk’s bill equates TradeDesk with bots — ticket-harvesting software which is already illegal in California and many other jurisdictions — and seeks to expand existing anti-bot laws to include TradeDesk. “It shouldn’t matter if scalpers are using custom-made bots or if Ticketmaster is letting them use TradeDesk ... Ontario’s previous Liberal government proposed legislation aimed at protecting ticket buyers from price gouging by capping resale prices at 50 per cent above face price. You guys violated that and we can take action.’”The proposed law in California isn’t the only way that TradeDesk is being targeted. In January, when the Competition Bureau ruled TradeDesk did not breach federal competition law, the lawsuit was forced to switch direction.

Source: thestar May 08, 2019 16:55 UTC