>A series of legal revisions aimed at banning ticket scalping and the illegal distribution of Korean content passed the National Assembly, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Thursday, as resales for boy band BTS’s concert tickets were priced as high as 15 million won ($11,300).
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>The revisions to the Copyright Act, the Public Performance Act and the National Sports Promotion Act were approved during a plenary session on Thursday.
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>Previously, those who used automated software to purchase tickets were subject to penalties, but these cases were difficult to detect. Under the revised Public Performance Act and National Sports Promotion Act, all methods of scalping tickets will be banned.
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I wish this was done before ARIRANG tour tickets dropped, not after.
Late_Art9758 on
Lol well hopefully we’ll see this in effect too in future ticket sales. So confused though, why wasn’t something as ridiculous and heinous as scalping banned before?
perseverance-offline on
all methods? so no resale of tickets at all? interesting
wickle_moonery on
Resale of tickets in Korea is basically forbidden in the first place because you risk your ticket being canceled altogether if they find out. There are resell websites, but at a huge risk because they can’t transfer tickets digitally, and you can also easily get scammed. Some concerts aren’t even printing off tickets anymore or having will call anymore. The person who bought the ticket is the one that is required to verify ID on site. More ticketing platforms are requiring face ID verification before you access tickets to avoid bots. All of these are measures to prevent scalping. Genuine question: what does banning do when it’s already so strictly monitored?
sweetteapie93 on
Good, this should have been done a long time ago (even before the Seoul Arirang shows went on sale). Hopefully this will be enforced by the time Busan shows go on sale later this year.
That said I hope more places would crack down and start implementing stricter laws on ticket scalping, not just in Europe and South Korea.
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**From the article:**
>A series of legal revisions aimed at banning ticket scalping and the illegal distribution of Korean content passed the National Assembly, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on Thursday, as resales for boy band BTS’s concert tickets were priced as high as 15 million won ($11,300).
>
>The revisions to the Copyright Act, the Public Performance Act and the National Sports Promotion Act were approved during a plenary session on Thursday.
>
>Previously, those who used automated software to purchase tickets were subject to penalties, but these cases were difficult to detect. Under the revised Public Performance Act and National Sports Promotion Act, all methods of scalping tickets will be banned.
—
I wish this was done before ARIRANG tour tickets dropped, not after.
Lol well hopefully we’ll see this in effect too in future ticket sales. So confused though, why wasn’t something as ridiculous and heinous as scalping banned before?
all methods? so no resale of tickets at all? interesting
Resale of tickets in Korea is basically forbidden in the first place because you risk your ticket being canceled altogether if they find out. There are resell websites, but at a huge risk because they can’t transfer tickets digitally, and you can also easily get scammed. Some concerts aren’t even printing off tickets anymore or having will call anymore. The person who bought the ticket is the one that is required to verify ID on site. More ticketing platforms are requiring face ID verification before you access tickets to avoid bots. All of these are measures to prevent scalping. Genuine question: what does banning do when it’s already so strictly monitored?
Good, this should have been done a long time ago (even before the Seoul Arirang shows went on sale). Hopefully this will be enforced by the time Busan shows go on sale later this year.
That said I hope more places would crack down and start implementing stricter laws on ticket scalping, not just in Europe and South Korea.