UBER is a form of commoditization of taxi (and maybe transportation in general) services.

Comparative shopping for price but on an unfair playing field. The UBER driver and passenger do not bear the cost of licensing or receive the regulatory benefits of licensing .

So, technically it's illegal; just like how tubes, file lockers, torrent users breach the copyright laws.

You could make many of the same arguments really. The fact is: the Internet is disrupting the status quo marketplace, and ... Start wining or adapt or die I guess .... Your buggy whip profits are endangered ...