; (N) an assessment of secondary ticketing exchanges and event ticket brokers offering services to a consumer to obtain an event ticket on behalf of the consumer, including but not limited to whether the platforms and brokers are deploying unfair, unethical, or illegal tactics to acquire such tickets and prevent fans from accessing them at face value; (O) an assessment of market manipulation techniques employed by professional resellers, including but not limited to buy and hold strategies where event tickets purchased for resale are not listed for sale to affect secondary event ticket prices; and (P) an assessment of the prevalence of exclusive national touring arrangements between promoters and artists and an assessment of artists represented by managers under shared ownership with promoters and ticketing companies, including how often those artists utilize the services of companies under shared ownership, including ticketing, event organizing, merchandising and venue rental. 4. Strengthening the BOTS Act (a) In general Section 2 of the Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 ( 15 U.S.C. 45c ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) to use or cause to be used an application that performs automated tasks to purchase event tickets from an internet website or online service in circumvention of posted online ticket purchasing order rules of the internet website or online service, including a software application that circumvents an access control system, security measure, or other technological control or measure. ; (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively