Because of this now there will probably either be sold tickets on eBay or empty seats not filled at the event.
Each ticket that was ordered is attached to an e-mail address and a name. I suspect people who intend on doing something like this will have used the same e-mail address for all their orders, so it's very unlikely they'll get away with it.
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