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Re: [declan@well.com: [Politech] Lawsuit challenges law targeting Internet "annoyances" [fs]]



On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 11:20:16AM +0000, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> The prohibition in the new law:
> "Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate
> telecommunications or other types of communications that are
> transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing
> his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any
> person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18
> or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

I find myself worrying about the syntax of that sentence, and
specifically the verb to which the dependent clause "without disclosing
his identity..." binds.

Geoff

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