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Users must defend and indemnify Ticketmaster, its officers, directors, agents, event organizers, suppliers, advertisers, and sponsors against all claims, damages, and legal fees arising from the user's misuse of the Marketplace, third-party rights violations, negligence, or terms violations.
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This provision extends the user's indemnification obligation to cover event organizers, suppliers, advertisers, and sponsors in addition to Ticketmaster itself, and grants Ticketmaster the right to assume exclusive control of any covered claim and require user cooperation in mounting defenses. The breadth of covered parties and Ticketmaster's right to control defense strategy are operationally significant for users who may face third-party claims.
Interpretive note: Enforceability of consumer indemnification clauses extending to third-party advertisers and sponsors varies by jurisdiction and may be constrained by applicable consumer protection law.
The agreement requires users to cover legal fees and damages for Ticketmaster, event organizers, advertisers, and sponsors if a third-party claim arises from the user's conduct on the Marketplace, including content the user posts. Ticketmaster may also take over defense of such claims and require the user to cooperate.
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"You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us and our officers, directors, employees, agents, Event Organizers, suppliers, advertisers, and sponsors harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) arising from or related to (1) your misuse of the Marketplace and/or the Content (including your User Content), (2) your violation of the rights of any third-party, (3) your negligence or willful misconduct, or (4) your violation of these Terms, including the Other Policies, or any applicable law or regulation. We reserve the right to take exclusive control and defense of any claim, and you will cooperate fully with us in asserting any available defenses.Excerpt from Ticketmaster's Terms of Use
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Consumer indemnification clauses in standard consumer contracts may engage state consumer protection statutes that limit the enforceability of indemnification provisions in non-commercial contexts. The FTC Act may engage with broad consumer indemnification terms that effectively transfer commercial risk to individual consumers. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The extension of indemnification coverage to advertisers and sponsors, in addition to Ticketmaster and its corporate affiliates, is operationally broader than indemnification clauses that cover only the contracting party. The exclusive defense control provision may create conflicts of interest where Ticketmaster's litigation interests diverge from the user's. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California and other states with unfair contract term statutes may limit the enforceability of consumer indemnification clauses that extend to third-party commercial entities such as advertisers and sponsors. EU consumer protection directives generally disfavor consumer indemnification clauses that impose commercial risk on individual consumers. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Event organizers and sponsors operating under separate agreements with Ticketmaster may benefit from the user indemnification provision as third-party beneficiaries, which may affect their own risk management and insurance structuring. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether the indemnification provision's coverage of advertisers and sponsors is adequately disclosed to consumers at the point of account creation or purchase, and whether that disclosure satisfies applicable consumer contract transparency requirements.
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This provision extends the user's indemnification obligation to cover event organizers, suppliers, advertisers, and sponsors in addition to Ticketmaster itself, and grants Ticketmaster the right to assume exclusive control of any covered claim and require user cooperation in mounting defenses. The breadth of covered parties and Ticketmaster's right to control defense strategy are operationally significant for users who may face …
The agreement requires users to cover legal fees and damages for Ticketmaster, event organizers, advertisers, and sponsors if a third-party claim arises from the user's conduct on the Marketplace, including content the user posts. Ticketmaster may also take over defense of such claims and require the user to cooperate.
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