Ticket scalping temporarily legalized
Monday,
August
4
( 3:45 pm)
RALEIGH (AP) - Consumers looking for tickets to sold out concerts may want to start looking online.
Gov. Mike Easley on Monday signed into law a measure that temporarily legalizes ticket scalping over the Internet. That means vendors can use Internet auction and resale Web sites to flip tickets for profit.
But the measure gives consumers some protections if they go shopping online. For example, the law requires Web scalpers to guarantee customers that the tickets they buy are legitimate and will be received on time.
Many venues and sports teams had pushed for the legislation because they said they thought it would help cut down on the sale of bogus tickets.
The new law takes effect immediately and expires June 30, 2009.
