Michigan House approves ‘Taylor Swift’ bills aimed at beating back bots

TheMichiganHousepassedlegislationthatwouldbanbotstocircumventonlineticketpurchaselimits.Thelegislationwouldempowertheattorneygeneraltoinvestigatepotentialviolations.TheMichiganHousepassedtheso-called“TaylorSwift”billsinthepreviouslegislativesessionandintroducedthemagainthissession.Whilefederallawalreadyprohibitsscalpersfromusingtechnologytocircumventlimitsonthenumberofticketsonebuyercanpurchase,theMichiganHouseofRepresentativespassedlegislationtocreateastatelawtocrackdownonbots. DuringtheJune24Housesession,lawmakerspassedHouseBills4262and4263in104-1votes.StateRep.SteveCarra,R-ThreeRivers,wastheonlylawmakerwhovotedagainstthebills. Thelegislationwouldbantheuseofbotstoskirtlimitsonticketpurchasesorcircumventwaitingperiodsandonlinequeuesandempowertheattorneygeneraltoinvestigatepotentialviolations. AftertheopeningofticketsalesforSwift’sErasTourconcertsawbotattacks,manystatespursuedlegislationai