There has been no evidence to suggest that this policy protects fans' tickets from scalpers or bots; if anything, this encourages those entities. Scalpers can buy these tickets at exorbitant prices and resell them for even more until the only tickets available are unaffordable. The only fans who have access to these tickets are wealthy. Of course, this benefits Ticketmaster because they can profit from fans using this system and gain the maximum profit. If Ticketmaster wants to protect fans from scalpers and bots, they must strengthen their platform--not charge fans unaffordable amounts over 500% over face value.