TourBeat
TypePrivate
IndustryConcerts
FoundedDecember 2014[1]
Key people
Julian Gonzalez (Managing Director)[1]
Websitetourbeat.com

TourBeat is a service that aggregates "concert tickets from around the web" and provides a database of "information and insights related to the music industry."[2][3] Its service differs from others that dispatch concert tickets in that it does not resell tickets, but rather, "offers a membership program that will be valued at the same price as an average commission."[4] The company was founded in 2014 and "has grown at a rate of 500% per month every month."[1] As such, Julian Gonzalez, the Managing Director of TourBeat says the "company’s mission is to provide concert goers with the opportunity to get to their favorite artists’ live performances as often as possible, as cheaply as possible."[5][1] The company's project, TourBus Economics, which aggregates information regarding concert tours into a single database, has requested the participation of musicians, managers, and producers in order to achieve its goal of publishing a digital book.[6] Included in the database is "concert dates and cities, the songs being played live by the touring artist, and the artist's discography".[7][8] With its geotagging feature, individuals can determine music artists playing in their local area and receive alerts regarding their concerts.[9]

Temporary Injunction

On November 3, 2015, legal action was taken against TourBeat by Lightning Marketing Group, LLC and its Managing Director, John Drabkowski, who own and operate the concert ticket website, ConcertFix.com.[10] A Motion for Temporary Injunction was filed against Ramon “Julian” Gonzalez along with Mykhaylo “Misha” Kovalchuc and parent company Gerumic LLC concluding they used and misappropriated the protected information of trade secrets without permission while employed by Lightning Marketing Group to build and operate a business that directly competes with ConcertFix.[11]

On December 12, 2016, Judge Migna Sanchez-LLorens of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida issued a court order on the Motion for a Temporary Injunction against Gonzalez, Kovalchuc and Gerumic enjoining them "from any further internet sales activity under www.tourbeat.com or any other internet sales website which is based upon Plaintiff's misappropriating trade secrets".[12][13] The judge cited the Florida Uniform Trade Secrets Act: Florida Statutes § 688.002(4), § 688.002(2)(b) and (c) and § 688.003(1) as the basis for the decision.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Myler, Larry (13 March 2015). "Companies That Are Annihilating Their Competition". Forbes. Retrieved 9 October 2015. TourBeat is to concerts and events what Orbitz is to travel , and it has grown at a rate of 500% per month every month since its December 2014 launch. According to Julian Gonzalez, its Managing Director, "Our company's mission is to provide concert goers with the opportunity to get to their favorite artists' live performances as often as possible, as cheaply as possible."
  2. ↑ Ari Garber (6 March 2015). "8 Innovations That Caught My Eye". The Huffington Post. TourBeat solves this issue by aggregating concert tickets from different providers around the web and giving customers a platform to find exactly what they are looking for. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Gadala-Maria, Mark (23 June 2015). "The More the Merrier: Using Crowdsourcing for Your Content Marketing Efforts". Business.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015. TourBeat has launched an effort to produce a collection of information and insights related to the music industry. ..."TourBus Economics" is compiled from submissions solicited on its website and through other media. Internal editors will evaluate and organize the material into usable content.
  4. ↑ Ari Garber (6 March 2015). "8 Innovations That Caught My Eye". The Huffington Post. Rather than making commissions from repeat sales, TourBeat offers a membership program that will be valued at the same price as an average commission. This will allow customers to purchase at rates that are commission free for the rest of the year. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ↑ Fridman, Adam (16 March 2015). "Why We Need a New Business Administration". Inc. Retrieved 9 October 2015. "Start-ups not only bring the benefit of more jobs, but also bring innovation," says TourBeat Founder and CEO, Julian Gonzalez.
  6. ↑ "Tourbeat Unveils 'TourBus Economics' Ebook & Website Archive". DJ Times. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015. According to AltPress, the TourBeat team is swooping in to the rescue with a project called TourBus Economics. Tourbeat is a website that focuses on aggregating all the tour information you could ever want into one easily searchable database. It seems only fitting that it is this team that would facilitate the emergence of a tour-based community for artists to thrive in. The Tourbeat team is asking musicians, managers, and producers to participate in the endeavor. And so the purpose of this article surfaces: engaging real DJs, musicians, producers, agents, and managers with the end goal of compiling, archiving, and organizing stories, fun facts, pieces of advice, and strategies into a digital book–a music bible if you will–that could be used for self-improvement.
  7. ↑ "TourBeat launches new website to bring users personalized tour and concert information". Yahoo!. 19 November 2014. Tourbeat.com, has access to a massive database of tour and concert information. The site's database provides music-lovers with a variety of different information including actual concert dates and cities, the songs being played live by the touring artist, and the artist's discography. While many other sites give music-lovers this same information TourBeat allows users to personalize the information they receive based on geographical location and musical taste. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ↑ "TourBeat tells concert ticket surcharges to hit the road". AXS. 14 July 2015. In addition to offering this special introductory rate, regularly-low tickets and optimum available seating, the site delivers industry news including music discographies, tour dates and previews of what to expect at each show. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  9. ↑ "TourBeat launches new website to bring users personalized tour and concert information". Yahoo!. 19 November 2014. The geotagging feature will show users the artists playing in their immediate area and the concert tracking feature allows users to pick specific artists or tours they want alerts and information about. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ↑ "ConcertFix.com". Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  11. ↑ "Miami-Dade County Civil, Family and Probate Courts Online System". Retrieved 2015-11-03. Local Case Number: 2015-025575-CA-01
  12. ↑ "Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida - Judge Details: Migna Sanchez-Llorens". Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  13. ↑ "Miami-Dade County Civil, Family and Probate Courts Online System". Retrieved 2016-12-12. Local Case Number: 2015-025575-CA-01
  14. ↑ "The 2016 Florida Statutes, Chapter 688: Uniform Trade Secrets Act". Retrieved 2016-12-12.

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