post15 April 2006 ( Saturday )

Illegal prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

post Category: General, News — KimW @ 18:54 — post

Illegal prime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An illegal prime is a prime number which contains information forbidden by law to possess or distribute.

The first illegal prime to be announced, when interpreted a particular way, describes a computer program which bypasses copyright protection schemes on some DVDs. Because that program has been found illegal by courts in the United States of America, this has produced debate about whether the number itself could be considered illegal.

Hmmm, only in America. The DMCA really stinks, can’t believe they would actually try to make certain numbers illegal.

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Horaayy..there are 2 comment(s) for me so far ;)

#1

Truly rediculous, but seems fairly typical of the legal profession in general.

Chris wrote on 15 April 2006 ( Saturday ) - 5:01
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Truly rediculous, but seems fairly typical of the legal profession in general.

Chris wrote on 15 April 2006 ( Saturday ) - 21:01
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