This has been an issue for a long time. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime.. It's a (relatively small) prime number that represents the DeCSS source code. By strict interpretation of various laws (DMCA etc) even this wikipedia page is illegal since it provides the number.
No big deal. Canada has much faster network
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Canada's CA*NET3 network can transmit the Library of Congress (LOC) in one second. It takes Internet2 a minute to do that. And the Canadian network has been deployed and operational for several years.
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This has been an issue for a long time. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_prime.. It's a (relatively small) prime number that represents the DeCSS source code. By strict interpretation of various laws (DMCA etc) even this wikipedia page is illegal since it provides the number.
Article here: http://chronicle.com/free/v45/i47/47a02101.htm.