Taking On Ticketmaster

A classic David-and-Goliath battle is shaping up over the way concert tickets are marketed and sold in the U.S., thanks to an ongoing dispute between ticketing behemoth Ticketmaster, and a wildly successful Colorado indie band known as The String Cheese Incident. The band has been doing something of an end-run around Ticketmaster, which has exclusive ticketing rights at venues across the country and often incurs the wrath of consumers with its famous “convenience fees” and handling charges which significantly boost the cost of tickets. “Ticketmaster’s dominance is increasingly threatened as technology allows more [musicians] to sell tickets for low costs.”