The bill would also free up the ticket reseller market, allowing for greater options for consumers.

Firms that were found to be in violation of the laws stipulations would be ordered to pay fines.

Some projections estimate that the two companies jointlycontrol 70 percent of the ticketed events market.

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Will Wicks legislation do anything?

Its hard to say.

Laws are introduced every day in America and most of them go nowhere.

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Gizmodo reached out to Ticketmaster and Wicks for comment and will update this story if they respond.

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