The Red Sox "were busy surfing the Internet" over the
weekend looking for season-ticket holders scalping their
playoff tickets online, according to Will McDonough of the
BOSTON GLOBE. Red Sox Dir of PR Kevin Shea: "Anyone who has
resold even a single ticket to these playoffs will have
their season tickets taken away permanently. Our staff is
going through the Internet ... and [MLB] is conducting its
own investigation. We are well aware of what has been going
on, and we are going to take the appropriate action." The
search by the Red Sox and MLB centers on auction site eBay,
and as of Friday 86 people were trying to scalp tickets on
the Internet. On the site, you could punch into a seller's
account and get the exact location of the tickets. The Red
Sox were "recording all of the seats by section, row, and
number and then researching to see whom those tickets belong
to. If it turns out they belong to a season ticket-holder,
they will not be a season ticket-holder any longer" (BOSTON
GLOBE, 10/16). The Red Sox and MLB "reiterated that it's
only legal to resell a ticket if you're a licensed broker"
(BOSTON HERALD, 10/16). Also in Boston, Mark Mueller
reported that eBay "agreed to clamp down on illegal ticket
hawking" and has agreed to post on its Web site "warnings
about illegal ticket sales" (BOSTON HERALD, 10/16).
SQUAT THRUSTS: BLOOMBERG's Curtis Eichelberger reported
that NASCAR has sued a Chicago man "claiming that he is
infringing on their trademark by operating an Internet site
called nascarstore.com" (BLOOMBERG, 10/16)....The SLOC filed
papers looking to bar others from using Internet domain
names that include the committee's title (REUTERS, 10/16).
