it is sad to see this but thoroughly unexpected.

all these useful and innovative startups are great, but they need to learn the most basic respect for the law and its spirit. this is the nth time something like this has happened in the startup community and its embarassing.

we have taxi driver licenses and regulations for a reason. naivete isn't an excuse for blatantly circumventing them - even if you provide a genuinely useful service that we would all like to see grow and help redefine our futures...