This isn't an article promoting Uber to flaunt the law. The article is pointing out that the nevada government is completely incompetent and Uber being legalized would be much better for everyone except for the cab drivers that rip people off.
It's a crazy theory that, if you are intelligent and believe that laws and civil arrangements in your society are against logic and moral reason, the best way to change them is to break them, to help raise awareness so that more people realise their perversity.
It helped end British control of India and racial segregation in America. Cool huh?
We're talking about a large company making a profit, not a lunch-counter protest.
Uber isn't doing this because of some deeply held belief, they're doing it to make a profit. I don't want corporations breaking regulations they don't agree with and claiming it's "civil disobedience".
What about the little guy who can't afford the fines he'll have to pay if he operates a cab without a license?
Sure a lot of the regulation is overburdensome, but the solution is to change the law, not encourage companies to break it.