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Re:Uber is officially a cab firm, says European court by djsumdog on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:38AM (#15968262)
Uber's argument is that they're more like a limo service in the sense that you call and book a driver. But you do this with Taxis too. It's just in most cities, taxis can also take immediate bookings on the street or from a taxi stand.

Technology really blurs the line, and for most purposes, they act and fulfill the market that is provided by Taxis.

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Re:Uber is officially a cab firm, says European court by DoveBrown on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:49AM (#15968314)
That's not what they argued. The ECJ ruling is that the Uber is a company providing "‘a service in the field of transport’ within the meaning of EU law."

Uber claimed they weren't. They were claiming to be just an infrastructure service without any influence over the transportation part of the business. They wanted to do this since transportation services are subject to the local regulations as a specific exception to the normal Single Market rules on the provision of services (where you only required to follow your home regulations).

P.S. Your home regulations will include all the common European regulations but customer local regulations could be different.

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