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case is another blow to the U.S. based ride-hailing app that has
sparked protests and legal action around the world from
traditional taxi operators, who see Uber as a threat to their
livelihoods.
In all six cases the Danish drivers had been using cars that
were not approved for taxi services, Copenhagen City Court said
in the judgment which was published online.
The drivers had pleaded innocent, arguing they had merely
participated in car-pooling. It was not immediately clear
whether they would appeal the verdicts that could serve as
precedents for many other cases in Denmark.
Uber, which was not on trial itself in the case, did not
immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment.
More than forty Uber drivers have been indicted by Danish police
since the service was launched in Denmark in 2014, and the
Danish Transport and Construction Agency reported Uber to the
police hours after it started operating.
The ride-hailing app is valued at more than $60 billion and
operates in more than 400 cities.
(Reporting by Teis Jensen and Nikolaj Skydsgaard; editing by
David Clarke)
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