“Touts are no longer lumbering beasts with a backpocket full of crumpled tickets. The internet has spawned a new breed: the bedroom tout. Genuine fans complain about rip-off merchants, but many also enjoy making a quick buck on an auction site. With eBay, every student in the land is a ticket tout. They buy four tickets and the two they sell pay for the two they keep. The music industry says the problem is getting worse. Even middling bands routinely sell out shows within hours and, minutes later, tickets for sold-out events are plonked on auction websites for hugely inflated prices.”