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>1. Electromagnetic records that do not operate in accordance with other persons' intention, or gives unauthorized commands which act against their intention, when another person uses a computer.

This makes most software I use punishable by Japanese law.

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That is the point. The Japanese approach to creating legal documents is to make them as ambiguous as possible so that they can be interpreted any way the creator likes. This is somewhat true of overbroad legislation in other jurisdictions as well. The authors of the legislation don't want to create a fair and empirical test, what they want is the discretion to arrest anyone they feel has crossed a subjective line.

I thought that was the universal approach of legal documents? cough patents cough.

Heh, yeah. There's no way a programmer can account for user intent, that is, each and every single user's intent. I can't say how many times I've clicked something thinking it would do something else only to be disappointed.

I clicked on the button and my dick did not get 6 inches bigger as advertised; please arrest this man

I had a good chuckle at that, I have not seen one of those ads in many years, I swear it was 90% of the ads in the early 2000's but maybe I don't go on the same kind of sites anymore. I know Newgrounds had some of the sketchiest ads when you think about the age of most people going on that site.

Works just fine for me? What browser are you using?

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