610 CKTB | Digital Serfdom: How Ticketmaster-Live Nation Monopolize Nostalgia for Wealth Extraction

from Kvetch & Release · host Jon Liedtke

610 CKTB's Gene Valaitis and KVETCH and RELEASE's Jon Liedtke discuss the Ticketmaster-Live Nation monopoly, highlighting the shift from physical ticket ownership to "digital serfdom". Liedtke critique skyrocketing prices—far outpacing inflation—and high service fees, exploring U.S. antitrust lawsuits, and his proposal for the Royal Canadian Mint to print secure physical tickets.

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