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Techdirt:
We recently wrote about the live music market, noting that lots of people seemed to agree that the massive additional fees and surcharges seemed to be a huge problem -- and most of those fees seem to come from Ticketmaster. So it's interesting to see that some are finally looking at ways to get around the old way of handling tickets. Shane Richmond at The Telegraph recently discussed his experience going to see The Pixies in London, where the band used some rather straightforward and simple tools to make the concert-going experience a hell of a lot more enjoyable:
"As soon as I got the email I went to the Pixies' website and bought tickets. The tickets -- not a receipt but the tickets themselves -- were emailed minutes later in PDF form. I printed them off on the day of the gig and they were scanned at the venue by an iPhone-wielding staff member."
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Kevlarsays...Paging Dr. @dag - your daily iPhonegasm is ready.
dagsays...Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)
Oh the bitter irony. It's not coming up on my iPhone.>> ^Kevlar:
Paging Dr. @dag - your daily iPhonegasm is ready.
rebuildersays...Welcome to the 21st century, UK. Although over here they just use regular barcode scanners.
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