Last Wednesday, the jury in a federal antitrust case found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster had operated as a monopoly, a decision that vindicated long-suffering ticket buyers. But the verdict also confirmed something that fans were already intimately acquainted with: dysfunctional ticketing systems exploiting their passion. “Therein lies the paradox: these maddeningly bureaucratic platforms have tapped into a business so lucrative—the creation of high-profile communal rites—that it literally has no bottom,” Paula Mejía. Read about the murky aftermath of the ruling: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/is-the-...
