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Robots Are Stealing Your Concert Tickets

BOT WARS

From ‘Hamilton’ to LCD Soundsystem, online ticket purveyors are in an industry-wide war with bots that flip their wares for a massive profit.

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When Brooklyn-based dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem was formed in 2002, the internet was less than 10 years old, and StubHub had been around for two years.

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