Opinion

The law of supply and demand is alive and well when it comes to seeing your favourite performer or sports team, live and in person.

Concert tickets, notably to American music superstar Taylor Swift’s recent Eras Tour, can be so in demand, buyers are willing to pay thousands on legal resale sites.

Key players to lay blame upon are undoubtedly resellers — organized crime in faraway jurisdictions or maybe just a tech-savy teenager next door.

Whoever they are, many use bots (software purchased online) allowing them to rapidly and repeatedly purchase tickets on sale from generally the one main ticket source: Ticketmaster.

Of course, reseller is largely a euphemism for “scalper,” a longstanding activity that has gone almost entirely digital and is generally tolerated under the law.

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