The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 9: Commerce and Trade

Chapter 117: Internet Commerce

• § 4190. Interfering with Internet ticket sales

  (a) A person shall not intentionally use a computer program or other software intended to interfere with or circumvent, on a ticket seller’s website, an equitable ticket buying process established by the seller for tickets of admission to a sporting event, theatre, musical performance, or place of public entertainment or amusement of any kind.

  (b) A person who violates this section, in a civil action brought by the seller, shall be subject to:

  (1) appropriate equitable relief;

  (2) reasonable attorney’s fees and costs;

  (3) actual damages suffered; and

  (4) statutory damages of up to $1,500.00 per ticket, payable to the seller. (Added 2009, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)

• § 4191. Removal of booking photographs from the Internet; fees prohibited

  (a) As used in this section, “booking photograph” means any photograph taken by a law enforcement office or other authorized person pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 117.

  (b) A person who posts or otherwise disseminates a booking photograph on the Internet shall not solicit or accept a fee or other consideration to remove, delete, correct, modify, or refrain from posting or disseminating the booking photograph if requested by the depicted person.

  (c) A person who violates subsection (b) of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.00 for the first violation and not more than $2,500.00 for each subsequent violation.

  (d) A person who sustains damages or injury as a result of a violation of this section may bring an action in Superior Court for damages, injunctive relief, punitive damages in the case of a willful violation, and reasonable costs and attorney’s fees. The court may issue an award for the person’s actual damages or $500.00 for a first violation or $1,000.00 for each subsequent violation, whichever is greater. This subsection shall not limit any other claims a person who sustains damages or injury as a result of a violation of this section may have under applicable law.

  (e) This section shall not be construed to limit a person’s liability under any other law. (Added 2015, No. 62, § 4.)