The "Cultural and Creative Industry Development Law" has newly added provisions for scalpers, hoping to effectively combat the problem of rampant scalpers.

(File photo, photo by reporter Yingru)

[Reporter Ling Meixue/Taipei Report] The draft amendment to some provisions of the "Cultural and Creative Industry Development Law" was passed by the Executive Yuan today (6) and will be sent to the Legislative Yuan for deliberation.

Among them, the most attention-grabbing punishment mechanism for cracking down on scalpers, the version approved by the Government Council has significantly heavier penalties than the announced version, including 50 times the fine for each scalper ticket, and the maximum penalty for scalpers is 3 years in prison.

Minister of Culture Shi Zhe said that the newly added scalper clause not only reflects the Ministry of Culture's rapid response to the rise of scalpers after the epidemic, but also shows the result of listening to the opinions of the government, the opposition and the public during the draft announcement process, and substantially revising the draft announcement version.

The Ministry of Culture pointed out that the content of the revised draft version approved by the Government Council, except for those who have exceeded the face value or priced at the sales end, will impose a fine of 10 times to 50 times the face value (the original announcement version is 5 to 30 times); The draft content of the source of heavy penalties in parallel with administrative penalties and criminal penalties, that is, in the future, those who purchase art and cultural tickets through plug-in programs or ticket-scanning robots to log in to fake accounts in large numbers will be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of less than 3 years (the original announcement version was 1 year) ), or a fine of less than 3 million yuan (the original announcement version was 1 million yuan).

Please read on...

In addition, during the announcement period of the revised draft, ruling and opposition legislators and the public questioned the draft granting a reasonable handling fee and related expenses within 10% for resale, and the punishment effect was not enough. The 10% reasonable profit rule has been deleted in the Executive Yuan version.

As for the issue of the real-name system entering the law, the Ministry of Culture emphasized that "the Ministry of Culture has always supported and encouraged the real-name system." However, based on the experience of the activities that have implemented the real-name system, there have been thousands of complaints from the audience, and the admission has been extended by 2 to 3 hours compared with the previous controversy. , have a significant impact on consumers.

Therefore, after prudent policy assessment, at this stage, we will not design in the direction of mandatory legislation, but continue to guide the main operators to implement the real-name system and establish a legal second-hand ticket platform.

☆Art news never misses, click like to follow fan page.

☆For more important news about arts and culture, please go to Free Arts and Culture Network.