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LEGAL MATTERS: ARTISTS SET CONCERT PRICES


05/17/2008 Another summer, another way to get concert tickets. When Ticketmaster has a deal to provide ticketing for a concert, artists can normally sell up to 8% of the inventory of tickets directly to fans as part of their fan club. Since Ticketmaster has products and services to promote just like any other corporate sponsor, it's not surprising that Ticketmaster might pay these artists to make some of their choice tickets from that allotment available on a Ticketmaster online service it wants to promote.

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