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>>> The U.S. says there aren't enough players in the live event industry, accusing ticketmaster and its parent company livenation of squeezing out the competition. The department of justice has launched an anti-trust lawsuit against the entertainment giant. Canada's competition bureau says it's aware of the lawsuit but won't confirm whether it's investigating. CTV's joy malbon in washington, joy, there have been gripes about livenation for years. >> Reporter: hey, merella, get ready for an epic legal battle as the U.S. justice department and 30 states take on the largest ticket seller in north america. Call it the taylor swift effect. If if weren't for the eras tour ticket meltdown in 2022 leaving customers fuming over botched ticket sales, perhaps the U.S. government never would have investigated. Two years later, the U.S. justice department is now suing the company that owns ticketmaster, accusing livenation of illegally abusing its monopoly power and leaving fans frustrated. >> We allege that livenation has illegally monopolized markets across the live concert industry in the united states for far too long. It is time to break it up. >> Reporter: it won't be easy. Livenation is a ticketing giant with a lock on artists and music venues, and says the attorney general, an endless list of fees. >> Ticketing fees, service fees, convenience fees. >> Reporter: and that, he says, translate in to higher prices for fans. Just ask teresa caldwell, a swifty. >> Toronto prices are insane. >> Reporter: so she and her friends flew to sweden to see her idol because it was cheaper. >> The ticket for the show in toronto in the nose bleeds was 3 grand. In sweden, we got tickets, we got floor seats for $500 canadian. >> Reporter: fans and politicians have been calling for a crackdown for years. Congress grilled livenation's president just last year. >> This is all a definition of monopoly monopoly. >> If you care about the consumer, cap the price! >> Part of this action is, you know, by the doj is to really force the industry to show its cards, shine a light on how they operate. >> Reporter: livenation in a statement pushed back calling the accusations absurd and nothing more than a pr win for the justice department, and they intend to fight back. Merella? >> Merella: all right, joy malbon in washington.

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