Interfering with Internet ticket sales

09 V.S.A. ch. 117, § 4190, under Internet Commerce.

09 V.S.A. ch. 117, § 4190

§ 4190. Interfering with Internet ticket sales

(a) A person shall not intentionally use a computer program or other software intended to interfere with or circumvent, on a ticket seller’s website, an equitable ticket buying process established by the seller for tickets of admission to a sporting event, theatre, musical performance, or place of public entertainment or amusement of any kind.

(b) A person who violates this section, in a civil action brought by the seller, shall be subject to:

(1) appropriate equitable relief;

(2) reasonable attorney’s fees and costs;

(3) actual damages suffered; and

(4) statutory damages of up to $1,500.00 per ticket, payable to the seller. (Added 2009, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)