Using bots to buy concert tickets for resale has long been illegal in NEW YORK, but it will become even more illegal under a law signed this week by GOV. ANDREW CUOMO. The new law adds stiffer fines and potential jail time for anyone who "knowingly" resells a ticket that was bought with a bot ("bot bought"?) for resale purposes. Two things ignored by most of the coverage so far: How do you enforce that? And what do you do about "legit" resellers like STUBHUB, which is where many of those bot-boughts are sold, but which can plausibly claim not to know, even though you know and I know and even LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA knows. SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER, the new minority leader, has proposed a similar bill at the federal level, but says he doesn't want to target STUBHUB and TICKETMASTER, which is kind of like outlawing unpasteurized milk but allowing stores to continue selling it... The more that playlist programmers act like old-school radio programmers, the less I want to listen... Happy December. As we do every year, we're compiling the best of the music web's year-end lists in our own master list, Best of 2016: The Year in Lists. We'll continue adding to it until early next year when the VILLAGE VOICE publishes its PAZZ & JOP poll, which is traditionally the last word (chronologically speaking anyway) in pop canvassing. Based on early returns, BEYONCÉ and BOWIE are your fully deserving if slightly obvious 2016 frontrunners. Dark horses: CAR SEAT HEADREST, MITSKI, THE 1975... ANGEL OLSEN on SONG EXPLODER... CALVIN HARRIS & RIHANNA's "THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR" is the 34th song to get at least a billion views on YOUTUBE. Before you click, how many of the others can you name?... BELLE & SEBASTIAN is looking for album cover models. "No experience necessary. No pouting necessary"... Credit-card-sized synth.