The world (or rather the swifties) lost its mind with the announcement of The Eras Tour in Latin America. In Mexico, we have seen the euphoria caused by the sale of tickets for their concerts in CDMX. But in other countries like Brazil, the matter reached the hands of legislators with the ‘Taylor Swift Act’.
For now, this law is only a proposal, but it is quite interesting what Simone Marquetto (the deputy behind this initiative) intends to achieve… especially when it comes to ticket resale.
Brazilian congresswoman proposes the ‘Taylor Swift Law’
It was during the past week when the deputy Simone Marquetto, who represents Sao Paolo in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, gave something to talk about with the proposed Taylor Swift Act.
The singer will perform in that Brazilian state with three shows next November and according to various media, it has been chaos to get tickets legally for these concerts. The issue of resale is also weak in those parts, and that is the problem that the deputy would attack with her bill.
Simone Marquetto said in the Estadão diary (via NBC News) that the initiative came to mind because many people asked him to act on it against scalping. “I have an 11-year-old at home, and this is all they talk about at school. I got a lot of requests to do something and decided to introduce this bill“mentioned the legislator.
What do you propose with this law?
Broadly speaking, the Taylor Swift Act would seek resellers to pay up to four years in prison and fines that would mean 100 times the original ticket price. The cheapest ticket costs 380 Brazilian reais, so a scalper would be fined 38,000 reais (more than 136,000 Mexican pesos).
“I will be with the Secretary of Consumer Protection of the Nation. You are not alone! I won’t back down until the ‘Taylor Swift Act’ passes and makes it a crime for ticket scalpers!“Marquetto wrote in a Twitter post on Tuesday, June 20.
Over there, the deputy assured that she already had the necessary signatures for her bill to advance once she presented it to the Secretary of Consumer Protection in Brazil… Does that sound like the Taylor Swift Act sounds to you?
