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Actually, we already have similar laws in France, as the US do by the way.
Each time you commit an infraction, you lose "points" on your driver license (the bigger the infraction, the higher the number of points lost). When you do not have any point left, you lose your privilege to drive. I currently live in the US and there are similar laws here too. Too many infractions in too little time and your driver license will be suspended.

So, no, government do not seize your car (it is your property after all), but they can revoke the privilege to use it on public roads. Similarly, this law revoke your privilege to access the internet. Burden of proof is a little lower (and that will be the problem), but the principle is already firmly entrenched in all modern society.

Driving or access to the internet are NOT rights, they are privileges and as such, they can be revoked.

Now, I am not saying this law is either just or well phrased or even that it will be enforced equally, just that your analogy is actually a lot more real than your realized.

Feed Lawmaker Probes TSA Website Gaffe (wired.com)

A service intended to help innocent travelers get off the No Fly List instead sent their personal information unencrypted to a Virginia company. Following a Wired News report, a congressman asks the TSA to explain itself. By Ryan Singel.


HP

Journal Journal: Eco-disaster! HP uses Vista to enforce product obsolesence.

HP Printer and Scanner owners should beware of buying a new Vista PC or upgrading to Vista.
Douglas Adams had it wrong when he predicted that the alien archaeologists would find a shoe layer, they are more likely to find a Vista induced Printer and Scanner layer! A large number HP printer and scanner owners that have chosen to upgrade to Vista will receive the following message when attempting to download Vista drivers for their Scanners and Printers:
"We are sorry to inform you that
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Submission + - Half-Life 2: Episode 2 delayed to end 2007

Wowzer writes: "EA and Valve today announced the naming and product configurations of Half-Life 2's The Black Box and The Orange Box, while at the same time confirming another worldwide release date delay from summer 2007 to winter 2007. From the article: "The Black Box will ship for the PC, and includes Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2. The Orange Box will ship for the PC, PS3 & Xbox 360, and includes all the content of The Black Box, plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One." If you thought the delay was the only bad news, then artwork fans haven't seen the ugly new boxart yet."
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Submission + - It's What's for Breakfast

Crash McBang writes: Apparently many are foregoing the morning coffee for something sweeter, according to this article: "There is nothing better than the feel of Coke on the back of your throat in the morning," said McKinsey, a morning pop drinker since the 1970s, savoring the cold, stinging sensation that coffee drinkers just don't get. What gets Slashdotters going after waking up?
Microsoft

Submission + - IE7: 100 Million Downloads, Still Falling Behind?

Kelson writes: "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's marketshare has continued to grow. Information Week reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"
Classic Games (Games)

Submission + - Sega to Discontinue GDroms - Death of Dreamcast

Croakyvoice writes: The Dreamcast games Last Hope , Karous and Trigger Heart Exelica will the last officially licensed Sega games for the Dreamcast because from february Sega Japan are to stop production of GDRoms, the death of GDroms will mean no more Dreamcast or Naomi Arcade games. The Dreamcast Community have sent emails to Sega Japan to ask for a rethink on this issue.

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