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Ticket Takers

Ticketmaster v. RMG

In October 2007, a U.S. judge granted Ticketmaster’s request for an injunction against a company called RMG Technologies, ordering it to stop selling software designed to automate the purchase of tickets through Ticketmaster’s website. The software, called “Ticket Broker Acquisition Tool,” was capable of decoding Ticketmaster’s CAPTCHAs and placing thousands of orders in a very short time.

The full text of the judge’s ruling is available here. The lawsuit that led to the injunction is still proceeding.

At PC Magazine, Lance Ulanoff used the injunction to sound the death knell for CAPTCHAs altogether.

Posted on February 27, 2008
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