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Some of the things being placed in the path of the truly vital sharing economy...The main battlegrounds are the taxi and room-rental businesses. A court in Brussels has told Uber, another San Francisco ride-sharing and taxi-services startup, to stop operating in the city. In March Seattle’s council capped the number of ride-share drivers on the road at 150 per company at a time—though this is now on hold, thanks to a petition backed by the companies. Other cities have banned their services outright, or tried other ways of putting spokes in their wheels. Meanwhile the Hotel Association of New York has been lobbying for stricter enforcement of a rule that bans absent owners from letting their apartments for less than 30 days, which makes most of Airbnb’s listings there illegal. economist/news/leaders/21601257-too-many-obstacles-are-being-placed-path-people-renting-things-each-other-remove
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 18:18:14 +0000

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