New York Subpoenaed AirBnb For All NYC User Data 181
Daniel_Stuckey writes "The war between New York City and Airbnb is raging on, and the future of the hospitality business hangs in the balance. The city is fighting the startup for breaking local laws against operating an illegal hotel out of your home, worried that hustlers are abusing the online service to turn a profit. To that end, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman just slapped the company with a subpoena to hand over the user data of all New Yorkers who've listed their apartment on the site, the New York Daily News reported today. That's about 225,000 users."
Re:Look past the article's version of the cast ... (Score:5, Informative)
They are competing against people renting other peoples apartments. It's a joke. This is just like the Alcohol Distributor bullshit that's all over this country. Regulations are supposed to ensure quality, but they are quickly subverted and used by the industry to lock out competition.
Re:Look past the article's version of the cast ... (Score:4, Informative)
There's nothing better than walking through NYC on a cold winter's morning, eating a potato knish
Then you haven't lived.