{"id":271712,"date":"2025-06-09T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/?p=271712"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:59:02","slug":"ny-ticket-resale-reform-bill-s8221-mac-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/music-business-news\/legal\/ny-ticket-resale-reform-bill-s8221-mac-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Artists Coalition Issues Letter of Support for NY Legislative Bills A.8659 \/ S.8221"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last month, New York State Senator James Skoufis introduced Senate Bill 2025-S.8221, which would enact into law several components of legislation that relate to live ticket sales and more specifically the resale marketplace. Per the NY State Senate&#8217;s summary of this legislation, S.8221 (and its companion Assembly Bill 2025 A.8659)\u00a0&#8220;establishes an annual professional reseller renewal fee; requires professional ticket resellers to provide their New York state ticket reseller license number as a condition of utilizing an online resale marketplace to resell tickets; provides criteria for when a purchaser may obtain a full refund of the amount paid for a ticket.&#8221;\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/S8221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Source<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, artist advocacy organization Music <a href=\"https:\/\/livemusicblog.com\/news\/music-artists-coalition-mac-featuring-high-profile-artists-managers-create-advocacy-group\/\">Artists Coalition<\/a>, issued a Letter of Support to NY State Legislators urging them to pass\u00a0bills\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/A8659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">A.8659<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2025\/S8221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">S.8221<\/a>.\u00a0You can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1jc0biLdEfIWhgushGhAVyY_G34OEAN2o\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">download a copy of the letter here<\/a>\u00a0or read it in full below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/media.livemusicblog.com\/livemusicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Musical-Artists-Coalition-Legislation-Support-Letter.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Musical Artists Coalition Legislation Support Letter.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-3d49460b-b0c6-42b0-9e8f-1d321e0148fc\" href=\"https:\/\/media.livemusicblog.com\/livemusicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Musical-Artists-Coalition-Legislation-Support-Letter.pdf\">Musical Artists Coalition Legislation Support Letter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/media.livemusicblog.com\/livemusicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Musical-Artists-Coalition-Legislation-Support-Letter.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-3d49460b-b0c6-42b0-9e8f-1d321e0148fc\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For further comment from Ron Gubitz, the Executive Director of Music Artists Coalition, please contact Kelly Bruce (<a href=\"mailto:kelly@breukelenstrategies.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">kelly@breukelenstrategies.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-mac\">About MAC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicartistscoalition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Music Artists Coalition<\/a>\u00a0(MAC) is an organization dedicated solely to advocating for all aspects of an artist&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mission is to shape the music industry into one where artists&nbsp;can&nbsp;not only make a living but leave a legacy. Through influential leadership and transformative policy work, we are securing the vitality of music, preserving the value of creative work, and championing an artist-led industry that fosters a thriving music culture for generations to come.&nbsp;We advocate fiercely for all music creators, championing their rights to ownership, fair compensation, and well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicartistscoalition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.musicartistscoalition.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s music scene takes a stand as artists rally behind a bold bill to crush ticket scalpers and clean up the resale game.","protected":false},"author":668,"featured_media":271716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"single-two-column.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14351],"tags":[11998,14352],"department":[13825],"class_list":["post-271712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-music-artists-coalition","tag-music-legislation","department-music-business-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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