N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 25.34: Ticket websites

* § 25.34. Ticket websites. 1. As used in this section:

(a) "Ticket website" means an internet website advertising the sale of

tickets, offering the sale of such tickets, or facilitating a secondary

ticket exchange.

(b) "URL" means the uniform resource locator for a website on the

internet.

2. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity to, with

intent to mislead or deceive, own, operate, or control a ticket website

for an event scheduled at a place of entertainment to use a subdomain or

domain name in a ticket website's URL that contains:

(i) the name of the place of entertainment, provided that this

paragraph shall not preclude the use of general terms to depict a

geographical location or venue category;

(ii) the name of the specific event, including the name of a person or

entity scheduled to perform or appear at the event; or

(iii) a name substantially similar to those in subparagraph (i) or

(ii) of this paragraph.

(b) Paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall not apply if the person is

acting on behalf of, and with the consent of, the place of

entertainment, event, artist or sports team for which the website is

being created.

3. Any person, firm, corporation or other entity who intentionally

owns, operates, or controls such ticket website shall be subject to a

civil penalty in an amount of no more than one thousand five hundred

dollars for each such violation.

4. Any person who is subject to a civil penalty under this section and

has been assessed a penalty under this section in the previous three

years shall be assessed a civil penalty of no more than five thousand

dollars for each such violation.

5. The attorney general shall have jurisdiction to enforce the

provisions of this section in accordance with the powers granted to him

or her by section sixty-three of the executive law.

* NB Repealed July 1, 2027