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   "text": "In the Airbnb case, the selection of the relevant facts and the residency rule that followed from it benefit vested interests, most obviously the hotel industry that stands to lose from Airbnb's competition.",
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   "text": "Legal Tech's disruptive innovation combined with the principles of the sharing economy requires lawyers and lawmakers to reevaluate their understanding of many areas of law.",
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   "text": "The sharing economy is defined as the utilization of previously idle services and goods and the partial use of others' property rights in goods, typically coordinated over a platform rather than through centralized employment.",
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