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remarkablemayonaise t1_je3y0fo wrote

Reply to comment by WeDriftEternal in ELI5: Everyone knows that Ticketmaster is the biggest scumbucket enterprise on the planet yet no band seems able to avoid their grasp. What's to stop a really major act (e.g. Taylor Swift) from performing in venues that are not controlled by Ticketmaster, or just setting up a parallel company? by havereddit

Don't you guys have a competition commission to "anti trust" these mergers?

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AlanMorlock t1_je4qm7o wrote

Functionally? Not really. Sometimes they feint at regulations but it's been a rubber stamp for most industries.

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WeDriftEternal t1_je3y4ra wrote

This probably should have had conditions attached. I haven’t reviewed the case though.

Lots of times vertical integration is allowed easily though (for complex business reasons)

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