But not buying tickets implies that you don't lihe the act/artist. If there was another way to get tickets then there would be a way the consumer could "punish" ticketmaster.
I read somewhere that Ticketmaster has a contract with the venues, and they are the only one who can sell tickets on behalf of the venue. That was part of the problem Pearl Jam had - they weren't allowed to play at any venue that had a Ticketmaster contract unless the tickets were sold through Ticketmaster. As a result they had a difficult time finding venues with the capacity to perform. And Venues want to use something that makes it easy for them to sell tickets, which right now is Ticketmaster.
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