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EU's Top Court Rules That Uber Is a Transportation Company (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on from the next-up dept.

Uber is a taxi company, according to a landmark ruling from Europe's highest court. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that the U.S. ride-hailing app is a transportation firm and not a digital company. The verdict is a long-awaited judgment expected to have major implications for how Uber is regulated throughout Europe. From a report: The E.U.'s member countries now have more clarity and authority to regulate Uber as a transportation company (more strictly than as a tech service), though many already do so. As a technology company, Uber would have been protected by E.U. law from certain restrictions by individual countries, and would have required them to notify the commission of any new regulations.

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  1. Re:In other words... by Maritz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah. All this evil government regulation is why you can choose from a dozen or more ISPs almost everywhere in Europe. You get to choose... the only one that operates in your fucking town. Well done you.

    The same evil government regulation has made calling between nations in Europe cost next to fuck all whereas it used to cost a small fortune. Boo, government.

    Libertarians. Boring one-note fuckers.

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  2. Re:In other words... by cayenne8 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    If they played by the rules then I would not care, but because they've demonstrated time and again that they will break the rules, I hope that they implode before self-driving cars are ready.

    Maybe it is the RULES themselves that need changing...break the monopolies that the taxi companies have had all these years, and force the entrenched companies to compete, and perhaps we'd see marked improvement on the taxis that are available.....

    I mean because right now, a taxi cannot compete on cleanliness, promptness or price with Uber. They have no incentive to at this time.

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