@flyinphish said:

@Drgordy said:

It might have been wiser to post this article after tickets went on sale. I'm sure there will be some phans trying to use this next week to get tickets. Particularly since it's freely available if you know where to look.

I whole hardly agree, I don't think the .net staff really thought this one through (no offense) We live in the age of scalping, but we also live in the age of piracy. I know most of this info could be found on peoples own if they want, but i can guarantee someones gonna go download this and use it especially after seeing proof it work.

The days of honest fans are long gone

Well someone's downloading and using programs like these and paying thousands for them, but I doubt they're fans...or learning about it from being on Phish.net. Just like nitrous vendors aren't coming for the show or being fans that just sling balloons on the side, they're "professionals" (of a sort).

My thought was to raise awareness, a WTF!!! moment, when I saw how openly this stuff was advertised and available to anyone with a couple of thou who wants to make a quick buck in this age of limited opportunity to make quick bucks, at least by (quasi) legal means (so far).

My thought was to get people as p***** o*** at this as they are most other internet outrages like photos of puppies which might (or might not) be being abused or some warlord in Africa who might (or might not) be making seven year olds into child soldiers and sex slaves.

Write your congressman! Write Azoff of LiveNation/Ticketmaster. Hell, maybe even I'll start an internet petition, there ought to be a law!!

But I very much doubt that anyone here is going to get one of these things to buy tickets for summer tour. It's not like asking for four PTBM lottery tickets and putting two on Stubhub to pay for the cost of your tickets, casual stuff like that (which most people here still find questionable). You don't spend thousands of dollars on this stuff unless you're a pro.

And awareness (or denial) that this is going on is not going to affect whether you do or don't get a ticket. At least if you watch the spinning balls for 15 minutes and are then told "We cannot locate seats that fit your request" you'll have a bit better understanding of "why" that is...how much out in the open this is! Like other things "we the people" consider to be a problem, like the Chinese knocking off Microsoft Windows or Kate Moss handbags (or "the war on drugs" which ultimately gets the attention of the government.