In response to the class-action lawsuit recently launched by a Laval resident against giant Ticketmaster, Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe expressed concern at the practices of the online ticketing giants.
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As reported by TVA Nouvelles, a Laval resident who bought a “platinum” ticket to a Drake concert at a price considered “exorbitant” last week instructed LPC Avocat Inc to launch a class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster.
In the permit application, officially filed Tuesday, attorney Joey Zukran is seeking compensation for “amounts overcharged by Ticketmaster for Official Platinum tickets” and seeking an injunction ordering the American giant to stop its “prohibited business practices.” artificially inflated prices”.
Believing that anyone can sue if they feel offended, Secretary Lacombe carefully avoided assessing “the specific complaint” by the LPC firm. But “of course I always find it a bit strange from a conceptual point of view when you see resale tickets on company sites that are much more expensive than the price at which they were originally offered for sale. , sometimes even against the will of the artists,” commented the MNA for Papineau during a press crowd.
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“This is a situation which I find worrying and I have also asked the Department (for Culture) to see what avenues could be taken to resolve this issue,” continued Mr Lacombe.
Could Quebec better regulate the practices of giants like Ticketmaster? We have to “look at what is being done elsewhere, consult the record association, also the entertainment industry, ADISQ, and then see whether we have the means to act because we want to let the competition do it at the same time,” said the Minister of Culture cautiously.
“But obviously there are artists who don’t like that, and I’m very sensitive to that,” he said.
Last January, Ticketmaster had to apologize to the US Senate after a chaotic ticket sale for a Taylor Swift show.
Two weeks ago, The Cure singer Robert Smith admitted he was “disgusted” by the charges Ticketmaster paid the ticket price for their tour, which was announced on 16. Fans of the British team have since been entitled to a £5 refund $10 from Ticketmaster.
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