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Article: Digital security system gives pop festival Edge over touts
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- August 18, 2008
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A NEW scheme is being piloted in the Capital in a bid to crack
down on ticket touts.
The Edge Festival, formerly T On The Fringe, has used a system
whereby music fans are sent a digitally coded ticket which includes
personal data that can be checked at the venue.
During the registration process, users upload a passport- quality
image of themselves.
And when the ticket is read at the door by a portable handheld
machine, it flashes up an image of the ticket-holder, letting
stewards check it is the same person.
Tickall, the company behind the new technology, is confident that
it will provide a way to beat touts, who have targeted a number of
high-profile events in Edinburgh in recent years.
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