Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal Volume 16 | Number 2 Article 5 1-1-1993 The iH gh Cost of Convenience: Antitrust Law Violations in the Computerized Ticketing Services Industry Kevin E. Stern Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/ hastings_comm_ent_law_journal Part of the Communications Law Commons, Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Intellectual Property Law Commons Recommended Citation Kevin E. Stern, The High Cost of Convenience: Antitrust Law Violations in the Computerized Ticketing Services Industry, 16 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 349 (1993). Available at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol16/iss2/5 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal by an authorized editor of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The High Cost of Convenience: Antitrust Law Violations in the Computerized Ticketing Services Industry by KEVIN E. STERN* Table of Contents I. History and Background ........................ 352 A. The Beginnings of the Business ..................... 352 B. How the Computerized Ticketing Service Market O perates ............................................ 352 C. Ticketmaster Takes Control of the Market ......... 355 D. Consumer Complaints and Attempts at Regulation. 356 E. Class Action Antitrust Suits Filed .................. 357 F. The Specific Claims Against the Defendants ........ 358 II. Discussion and Analysis of the Antitrust Claims ........ 359 A. The Cartwright Act and How It Compares to the Federal Sherman Act ............................... 359 B. Practices Condemned by the Cartwright Act as it Pertains to the Cravens Antitrust Suit .............