The D.C. Council on Oct. 22 will hold a hearing on the Restricting Egregious Scalping Against Live Entertainment (RESALE) Amendment Act, a consumer-protection effort intended to curb ticket scalping and increase transparency for ticket purchasers in the District.

Bill 26-0224 would make it illegal to resell a ticket for more than 10 percent above face value and require ticket sellers to make an effort to block scalpers and corporate brokers from using automated computer programs to bulk-buy tickets online. Those programs are designed to scoop up vast sums of ticket sellers’ inventory the second shows go on sale, making it difficult for fans to purchase tickets at face value.

The legislation would also ban “speculative” listings—ads for tickets that sellers don’t actually own yet—that law

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