Ticket scalping extended in NY state-teams can't punish

Via Neil Best Watchdog: "Two years ago, then Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed the bill that made ticket scalping legal in the state, but it contained a sunset clause that expired on June 1, 2009. During the past two years, state officials were supposed to study the matter and issue a report about ticket resale, but it was never done.

• The bill not only allows ticket scalping to continue without limits as to what brokers or others can charge,

• it also prohibits teams from revoking season tickets of fans who resell their tickets through channels other than the team;

requires primary ticket sellers to disclose whether seats

• have obstructed views;

and prohibits primary sellers from selling or conveying tickets through a secondary ticket seller that they own."...TicketNews.com 6/10/09

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