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Case 2:15-cv-09814-DSF-AGR Document 156-1 Filed 02/15/17 Page 1 of 95 Page ID #:4791

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[PROPOSED] FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP Frederick A. Lorig (Bar No. 057645) fredlorig@quinnemanuel.com Kevin Teruya (Bar No. 235916) kevinteruya@quinnemanuel.com Adam Wolfson (Bar No. 262125) adamwolfson@quinnemanuel.com 865 South Figueroa Street, 10

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Floor Los Angeles, California 90017-2543 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100 Attorneys for Plaintiff Complete Entertainment Resources LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION Complete Entertainment Resources LLC d/b/a Songkick, Plaintiff, v. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.; Ticketmaster LLC, Defendants. CASE NO. 15-cv-9814 DSF (AGRx)


Jury Trial Demanded Assigned to The Hon. Dale S. Fischer

Ticketmaster LLC, Counter Claimant, v. Complete Entertainment Resources LLC d/b/a Songkick, Counter Defendant.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ................................................................................. 1

PARTIES ..................................................................................................................... 9

A.

Defendants ............................................................................................... 9

B.

Plaintiff .................................................................................................. 12

JURISDICTION AND VENUE ................................................................................ 15

ADDITIONAL FACTS ............................................................................................. 15

General Background on the Live Music Industry ........................................... 15

Defendants’ Market Power in the Live Music Industry

.................................. 18

The Market For Artist Presale Ticketing Services .......................................... 22

Relevant Markets ............................................................................................. 25

Market Power .................................................................................................. 29

A.

Ticketmaster .......................................................................................... 29

B.

Live Nation............................................................................................ 31

Defendants’ Intent To Destroy Competition

in the Artist Presale Ticketing Services Market .................................................................... 33

Songkick Threatens Ticketmaster’s Monopoly Power in the Artist

Presale Ticketing Services Market ........................................................ 36

A.

Songkick’s Early Interactions With Defenda

nts: The Introduction

of the “Fan Club Policy”

....................................................................... 36

B.

2014-2015: Defendants Seek To Fully Exclude Competition in the Artist Presale Ticketing Service Market ......................................... 39

C.

To Enhance Their Monopoly Power, Defendants Place No Similar Restrictions on Their Own Artist Presales ............................... 50

Defendants’ Efforts To Preserve Ticketmaster’s Monopoly Power

Have Already Had Far-Reaching Anticompetitive Effects, and They Will Continue To Increase if Not Enjoined ................................. 52

Where the Defendants Do Not Have a Stranglehold, There Exists a Vibrant, Competitive Market for Artist Presale Ticketing Services ................................................................................................. 53

Defendants Misappropriated CrowdSurge’s Conf

idential, Non-Public Information ............................................................................................ 54
