The Fair Ticketing Charter

October 5, 2012 | By | Reply More

Below is the deceleration of The Fair Ticketing Charter

We the undersigned believe that the growth of ticket-touting online – so-called ‘secondary ticketing’ – is bad for fans and bad for live entertainment.

Ticket touting means real fans are deprived of the opportunity to attend events and see artists they love while speculators cash in.

We believe there are strong arguments for legislation to curb the activities of unofficial ticket-sellers.

Until such legislation is enacted we believe the entire Live Entertainment Industry should further increase its efforts to protect fans.

We affirm that we will be transparent with the pricing and distribution of tickets for events that we control.

We restate our commitment to adopting ticketing processes and technologies which ensure tickets reach the hands of real fans rather than touts.

We call on secondary ticket sellers to cease and desist selling tickets for events we control.

We call on consumers to boycott ticket touts.

Signatories:

  • 13 Artists
  • Association of Independent Festivals
  • Association of Festival Organisers
  • Chambers Management (promoter of comedy talent and mgr. of Jimmy Carr, Frankie Boyle and Jack Whitehall)
  • Coda Agency
  • Dawson Breed Music
  • Gotye
  • Graphite Media
  • Hospital Records
  • John Fairs
  • JCF Management
  • Ninja Tune
  • Portishead
  • Radiohead
  • Sandbag
  • Value Added Talent
  • Wildlife Entertainment (rep. Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane)
  • We Got Tickets
  • XRay Touring
  • Bearded Theory
  • Beat-Herder Festival
  • Belladrum Tartan Heart
  • Bestival
  • Bingley Music Live
  • Cornbury Festival
  • Camp Bestival
  • Deer Shed Festival
  • Eden Sessions
  • End of the Road Festival
  • Evolution Festival
  • Field Day
  • Folk on the Water
  • Glade
  • Glasgowbury
  • Glastonbudget
  • Greenbelt Festival
  • Green Man
  • In the Woods Festival
  • Kendal Calling
  • Leefest
  • London Summer Jam
  • The Magic Loungeabout
  • Meltdown Festival
  • Nozstock: The Hidden Valley Festival
  • No Direction Home
  • Outside:Inside
  • Secret Garden Party
  • Shambala Festival
  • Summer Sundae Weekender
  • Stockton Weekender
  • SWN Festival
  • The London Green Fair
  • The Applecart
  • Tramlines
  • Truck
  • Underage
  • WOMAD
  • Y-Not Festival

The charter can also be viewed at www.aiforg.com


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