by John Gentile
Things are getting real now. A little while ago, New York state enacted an anti-ticket bot law. Well, now the feds are following suit. Both the House and the Senate have passed a bill that makes buying mass amounts of tickets through bots an "unfair and deceptive practice." This means that if someone under federal jurisdiction is caught using bots to buy a bunch of tickets, the FTC would have the option to pursue that person, either civilly or criminally. Now that both houses have signed the bill, it has been sent to President Obama for approval. Will he sign?! Only time will tell, but he only has until January 20 to leave his John Hancock on that proposed law…