The Federal Trade Commission and seven states have sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, over claims of unfair ticket sale practices. Ticketmaster is accused of using "bait-and-switch" tactics in its ticket sales, forcing users to pay a price at checkout that's higher than what they saw in advertisements. The agency criticizes Ticketmaster for not taking appropriate action against scalpers. The ticketing company publicly complains about the challenges it faces from resellers, but routinely allows them to exceed purchase limits and harvest thousands of tickets for a single event, the FTC claims. Ticketmaster also allegedly profits from the resale of tickets purchased illegally. It controls nearly 80% of the concert market, and if fans can't get their tickets from a regular sale, they may turn to Ticketmaster's own resale platform. There, brokers sell tickets at inflated prices. Ticketmaster and Live Nation "have consistently declined to deploy additional technology...