Locker Room passes along news that the N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of StubHub in a ticket scalping dispute involving a 2007 Hannah Montana concert at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Here’s the background:
Greensboro, NC, residents Jeffrey and Lisa Hill paid $149 apiece for four tickets to the November 2007 concert, but the face value of each ticket was $56. The purchase price totaled $667.55, including $59.60 in fees and $11.95 for shipping.
…..The Hills sued StubHub and claimed to a state Superior Court that the company allegedly violated the former law by selling the tickets.
However, StubHub argued that it acts as a marketplace that brings together buyers and sellers. As such, the company believes it is entitled to immunity under portions of the Communications Decency Act, which StubHub said protects it from the activities of others.
Previous legal opinion stated StubHub had a difficult case when proving that it online sales of overpriced tickets are somehow different than person-person sales.
Don’t get me wrong –there’s been a helluva lot of Hannah Montana on the tube in this house, but fortunately no calls to see the real thing, not that the so-called adults around here were talking it up. So I’m having trouble defending anyone forking out anything for a Hannah Montana show, though no doubt I’ll feel the Hills’ pain further down the road.
