[davidgh]

To be sure, Live Nation owns and / or operates many of the venues. They also provide management services to artists. So it’s not that TicketMaster demands exclusivity from the venue, they #are# the venue.

[oldandboring]

And in court they will probably argue that this is vertical integration that creates savings they pass along to the consumer. DOJ will likely argue they are pocketing it.

[MichaelZuo]

Has the DOJ ever won an argument against just vertical integration in the entire history of the US?