when technology breaches the law, it’s time for the law to change.
#Collcons Vs #law
Are they opposite? Are they friends? Are they enemies?
We don’t know, yet.
Many people raise legal issue about the collaborative consumptions trends.
As the leader of this movement, Airbnb also faced (and is facing) legal issues as renting a room for less than 30 days means you have to comply with many rules in most the USA. But did it stop Airbnb from growing at a stratospheric speed: No.
For most of collcons startups there are many legal issues:
- Getaround: can you legally rent a car from your anyone? What if there is an accident?
- Peer to peer food marketplace: Don’t you have to comply with hygiene norms?
- Uber: Don’t you need a Taxi license to transport someone?
- We could go on and on,
- To be continued…
Hopefully, it looks like all those great companies find ways not to breach the law and to continue to offer their service.
when technology breaches the law, it’s time for the law to change.
To conclude, people are right to raise legal issue about the collaborative consumption trend but this should not impact innovation and companies from growing.
But for sure some lobbyist won’t agree with this and as soon as this trend will get bigger we will see effortless actions from the “old” industries to stop the Collcons that already started.
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