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Car service app Uber faces driver complaints

Does Uber properly share the bounty with drivers and does it operate in accordance with rules that govern taxis and limos in various cities?

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Services like Uber, an app which allows users to summon taxis with their smartphones, are changing the way we get around cities. But there are questions:  Does Uber properly share the bounty with drivers and does it operate in accordance with rules that govern taxis and limos in various cities?

Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain joins Marketplace Tech host David Brancaccio to explain Uber's "disruptive" technology and legal battles.

 

 

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Jonathan Zittrain is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Faculty Co-Director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.