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Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by kevan on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:35PM (#14269842)
If those local officials were issuing arbitrary fines and illegally impounding cars I'd agree with you. But they weren't. Those local officials were enforcing the laws of their jurisdictions, which Uber was trying to circumvent.
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:44PM (#14269902)
So let the local officials bring a case.
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by kevan on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:31PM (#14270204)
If a police officer pulls me over and finds that I was driving without a license, they aren't going to let me drive away and file a case the next day. They're going to impound my car. Following that same logic, if a jurisdiction requires licenses for commercial taxi drivers, then operating as a taxi without that license will result in your car being impounded. Why do you feel these should be treated differently?
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:36PM (#14270226)
What does this example scenario have to do with the federal government getting involved in taxi regulations?
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by kevan on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:48PM (#14270294)
Nothing. The comment I replied to was explicitly about local officials, not the federal government.
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday May 04, 2017 @09:02PM (#14270354)
I would be fine with that, but there's no reason that the federal government shouldn't also bring a RICO case for obstruction of justice.
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by bogositosius on Friday May 05, 2017 @12:39AM (#14271138)
There are plenty of reasons that they shouldn't. You may not agree with the reasons but they exist.
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by TheCoelacanth on Friday May 05, 2017 @08:48AM (#14272987)
Well, since you haven't stated what the reasons are, you aren't doing a very good job of convincing me that they exist.
Re:Uber faces criminal probe over software used to evade aut... by dragonwriter on Thursday May 04, 2017 @08:14PM (#14270096)
One possible outcome of an FBI investigation is information being shared with local prosecutors on which they might being a case.