The Spanish government unveiled a draft bill this month that would ban practices such as reselling tickets at massively inflated prices for profit.
The bill would put an end to mass, automated purchases of tickets for live music, sports events and more by making the resale of tickets unprofitable, according to reports. It would, however, allow for the resale of tickets at face value plus any increase adjusted for inflation.
The measure was included in a draft of the Sustainable Consumption Law, which was submitted by the Ministry of Social Rights and Consumption earlier this month.
It marks a step forward from the Unfair Competition Law, which already penalises the use of bots for mass purchasing.
Meanwhile, the Malaysian government is moving closer to implementing a national anti-scalping law.
Malaysian law does not explicitly ban ticket scalping which has resulted in several high-profile incidents
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil recently confirmed that the government is in discussions with stakeholders on proposed measures targeting scalping explicitly for live events held locally.
Malaysian law does not explicitly ban ticket scalping, meaning the resale of tickets above face value in the country is still technically legal. This has resulted in several high-profile incidents, including the ‘rampant’ ticket scalping during Coldplay’s 2023 Malaysian concert.
Earlier today, it was reported that secondary ticketing sites were ‘flooded’ with listings for My Chemical Romance’s 2026 concert in Kuala Lumpur at hugely inflated prices.
Organisers GoLive Asia and Hello Universe Malaysia announced that the concert sold out, with 60,000 tickets snapped up in four hours.
Soon after, platforms such as Carousell, X and Facebook displayed tickets that, in some cases, were as much as 43% more expensive than the original price.
In the past year or so, markets such as China, Korea, the Philippines, the US, the UK and Sweden have made moves to restrict secondary ticketing and stamp out scalping.
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