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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Declares Uber a Transport Service

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 20 2017, @05:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-it-walks-like-a-duck dept.

canopic jug writes:

After a period of consideration, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has decided that Uber is a transport service, just like any other taxi company. There is lot to say about Uber's use of untrained, non-professional drivers and other abusive practices.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 21 2017, @02:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 21 2017, @02:27AM (#612683)

    I can see a hypothetical taxi service that fulfills the dream of Uber. It would be the app sold as a service in a competitive marketplace. Independent operators, who would contend with local regulation on their own, would buy into the app as a way to get customers.

    The taxi drivers in my country were using MyTeksi before the company kind of backstabbed them by doing an Uber and letting non-taxi drivers sign up too: https://www.grab.com/ [grab.com]