Italian copyright collecting
agency SIAE on Tuesday filed an emergency appeal at a Rome court
against the secondary-ticketing market for a U2 concert
scheduled on July 15 in the Italian capital.
The appeal was filed "to preserve both the rights of our
members as well as consumers who have to pay up to 10 times for
tickets" on the secondary market, the agency said.
SIAE said that 25 minutes after U2 concert tickets went on
sale Monday, a number of websites started reselling tickets at
inflated prices.
Tickets for the July 15 concert at Rome's Olympic Stadium
were sold out in just over two hours.
The band this week announced it has scheduled a second
concert on July 16 as part of its tour to celebrate the 30th
anniversary of its iconic album The Joshua Tree.
Consumers' group Federconsumatori, which signed an agreement
with SIAE two years ago for joint legal action, participated in
the suit.
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