According to AFP and other sources on Monday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed the House File 1989 legislation that regulates the resale of concert tickets. The act was named after the popular album “1989” by famous singer Swift. The U.S. media collectively dubbed it the Taylor Swift Act.
Minnesota’s Taylor Swift Act will take effect on January 1 next year.
The law includes allowing ticket sellers to disclose all fees in advance and prevent resellers (resellers) from selling more than one ticket. Tickets for all shows in Minnesota fall under the law. Governor Wills said the law would “protect consumers from buying bad or fraudulent tickets and prevent resellers (resellers) from snatching all tickets.”
Kelly Moller, a Democrat who represented the bill, introduced the episode, saying, “I was one of the victims who couldn’t buy tickets because Ticketmaster, a ticket sales site, crashed while trying to buy tickets for Swift concerts in 2022.”
Critics point out that as Swift concert’s popularity soared at the time, professional resellers used computer program “Bot” to access reservation sites and hoard large amounts of tickets, leading to the site’s frequent downfall. As a result, the price of tickets for the concert on “StubHub,” a ticket reservation site, skyrocketed to $35,000.
This law will reduce the number of victims for fans to sell tickets at high prices, taking advantage of the desire to see the singer perform. Starting with Minnesota, the law should be enforced in many places to prevent victims from occurring.
JULIE KIM
US ASIA JOURNAL
