Music fans are being urged to have their say on ticket reselling and touting.

The UK government’s public consultation is a rare chance to share your views on secondary ticketing and call for a crack down on online scalping.

The ticketing industry argues that secondary sites like StubHub and Seatwave are the best way to satisfy demand, and that government interference will force fans onto the black market. But as Dice.fm points out, investigations by Channel 4 and other consumer watchdogs have shown that secondary sites participate in large-scale reselling, “which has nothing to do with individual fans wanting to sell their ticket onto another fan.”

“Of course customers should be able to sell their tickets if they can no longer go to a gig, but the current platform offered by secondary sites doesn’t serve the interests of fans or artists,” says Dice.

Last year a new clause was added to the Consumer Rights Bill forcing online ticket touts to be more transparent about the identity of sellers and the face value of the tickets, but in January the government rejected the proposals. The current consultation could be one of the last chances for a long time to have a say on secondary ticketing.

The deadline for responses to the consultation is November 20, so there isn’t much time to act – head to Dice’s Fans First page to submit your thoughts via email or Twitter, or send your opinions and personal experiences to ticketing@culture.gov.uk.