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The amended bill would expose independent venues, festivals, and promoters to significant legal liability while exempting <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/vanderbilt-study-resale-ticketing-costs-fans-11b-annually\/\">secondary ticket marketplaces<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stubhub.com\/\"><strong>StubHub<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Amended Bill Raises Liability Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Originally introduced by California Assembly member <strong>Isaac Bryan<\/strong>, AB 1349 was designed to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/california-ticket-resale-cap-bill-fails-to-advance-out-of-committee\/\">limit ticket resale<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ban speculative (fake) ticketing<\/li>\n<li>prohibit deceptive resale websites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After heavy secondary market lobbying, the bill was drastically altered. As amended in the Senate, it exposes independent venues, festivals, and promoters to significant legal liability while explicitly carving out exemptions for secondary ticket marketplaces like StubHub.<\/p>\n<p>StubHub spent as much as <strong>$2.6 million<\/strong> to alter the legislation, an amount reported to exceed spending by <strong>Chevron<\/strong>, <strong>Verizon<\/strong>, <strong>AT&amp;T<\/strong> and <strong>OpenAI<\/strong> this quarter.<\/p>\n<h2>Industry Coalition Urges No Vote<\/h2>\n<p><strong>NIVA<\/strong> leadership, including Executive Director <strong>Stephen Parker<\/strong> and California Chapter President <strong>Joe Rinaldi<\/strong>, are among those urging independent venue operators, staff, musicians, and live music fans to contact their state legislators before the Monday afternoon vote.<\/p>\n<p>NIVA and California&#8217;s independent stages are aligned with a broad coalition of music industry organizations, labor unions, and community leaders focused on protecting artists, stages, and fans.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.ca.gov\/\">California State Senate<\/a> will take up AB 1349 on Monday afternoon. 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