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The Wiggles Acknowledge Safety Breach Over ‘Emma Bow’ Headbands

The Wiggles have admitted they likely violated Australian consumer law by selling light-up headbands that lacked mandatory safety warnings.

Facebook blocking news will hurt Australian artists & promoters!

Facebook has spat the dummy and blocked all news in Australia. However this is a bigger kick in the teeth is for Australian artists and promoters. 

ACCC calls for APRA to ‘increase transparency’

The ACCC said it wanted to see “strengthened conditions" applied to APRA.

Australian Federal Court finds Viagogo guilty of misleading consumers

U.S. FTC will examine secondary market with ticketing workshop

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will examine online ticketing and the secondary market in a public workshop mapped out for the early stages of 2019.

Viagogo is building its U.S. presence, bailing on the U.K.

Viagogo is apparently relocating its staff from the U.K. and U.S. as part of a stateside expansion exercise.

Sony’s acquisition of EMI Publishing declared ‘seismic’ as Impala lodges concerns with European Commission

Impala, the pan-European independent music companies' trade body, has called on the European Commission to investigation the merger of Sony and EMI Music Publishing.

LPA, Choice welcome ACCC’s legal proceedings against Viagogo

With constant criticism being levelled against sites which accomodate ticket resales, many have welcomed the advent of legal action against these sites.

Ticket resale websites to face the ACCC over unfair scalping practices