a city becomes too firm a booking website can choose to stop business with that community this means a customer who searches for hotels in that area will yield no results and no rooms can be purchased in that city through the website that cant be good for anybody he said in this economy the last thing a city needs is to lose tourists and travel revenue the battle continues the legal fight is far from over while some cases have been decidedmore are pending and both sides of the debate feel optimistic about their prospects weve done well in court in the past and i predict that the courts will continue to side with us winestein said but mazerov doesnt believe the court track record is the only determinate of future success its a fight worth fighting he said in this economy states cant afford to lose any more revenue so if a legal battle is what we have to go through its something were going to pursue abcnewscom contributor meg wagner is a member of the abc news on campus bureau in gainesville fla