[Caesar Soze]

Big difference. Companies that issue stock WANT the price of that stock to go up. Promoters who sell tickets, and the entertainers themselves have a very real reason to want to keep ticket prices to their performances within a certain range since. Since the performer is the one doing the work it is the performers right to say how much a ticket will cost.

So you admit that the laws are designed to protect the profits of the entertainers, and not the rights of the ticket owners?

[frankiep]

Yes. I have been saying that all along. Entertainers put their names on those tickets. Their reputation and goodwill amongst their fans are on the line. This is why they will put a price of $40 on a ticket when there are people out there willing to pay $400. They know that most of their fans cannot afford to pay $400 and therefore will price them at a level they feel will not anger them. Of course they may be able to sellout an event at much higher prices but they know that it will come at the cost of losing fans who cannot afford the asking price; who in almost all cases far outnumber those who can. This is why they set up deals with contractually approved vendors to sell tickets at a specific price, and this is why it is illegal, unethical, and immoral to scalp tickets.