Taylor Swift Law Protecting Online Ticket Buyers in Minnesota Gets Passed

In a step forward to protect people buying tickets online for concerts, sporting events, and other live events, Minnesota has passed the Taylor Swift Law, which will guarantee more transparency and protections for them.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat, signed the so-called Taylor Swift bill, officially making it the Taylor Swift Law. The bill was made after the Ticketmaster fiasco led to many fans not being able to secure tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour last year.

According to the Washington Post, Governor Walz signed the Taylor Swift Bill, also known as House File 1989, a reference to her birth year and album title, inside one of the most popular concert venues in Minneapolis, known as First Avenue.

"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that we would be at a bill signing for House File 1989 at First Avenue," said Democratic Rep. Kelly Moller, who was the bill's chief author and an admitted Swiftie.

Moller admitted that she was one of the people who suffered in the 2022 Ticketmaster fiasco where the online ticket seller's systems crashed after being overwhelmed due to how many people wanted tickets to see Taytay perform.

Meanwhile, Governor Walz stated that this new law is "protection so you don't get a bad ticket, a fraudulent ticket, and resellers can't snatch them all up before you get an opportunity."

The Infamous Incident That Led to the Taylor Swift Law Happening

Moller, who authored the bill that would eventually be known as the Taylor Swift Law, noted that one of the factors that led to Ticketmaster's system crashing was not just the high demand for Eras Tour tickets, but also attacks from bots, which tried to buy tickets for resale at inflated prices.

Many were left out of buying tickets, but online scalpers did manage to get their hands on some tickets, which they resold at much higher prices. The incident led to a congressional investigation, but so far, no federal bill to address the Ticketmaster situation has been passed yet. This Taylor Swift Law was passed as a state law in Minnesota, not as a federal law for the rest of the United States.

The Associated Press tried to reach out to Ticketmaster and Taylor Swift's media team, but they did not respond immediately.

There Is Another 'Taylor Swift Law' in Brazil, This Time Against Ticket Scalpers

That was not the only bill that came out from the high demand to see Taylor Swift perform, as Brazil also has its very own "Taylor Swift Law" that was introduced as a bill to fight ticket scalpers.

Simone Marquetto, a member of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies representing São Paulo, decried the practice of scalping and she hoped the law would criminalize the practice as many Brazilian Swifties were not able to buy tickets due to scalpers taking a lot of them and selling the tickets for a much higher price.

These scalped tickets go up to 100 times the original ticket price and Marquetto wants to have people caught doing this to be imprisoned for up to four years plus fees.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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