An illegal prime is a prime number that represents information which is forbidden to possess or distribute. One of the first illegal primes was discovered in 2001. When interpreted in a particular way, it describes a computer program that bypasses the digital rights management scheme used on DVDs. Distribution of such a program in the United States is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. An illegal prime is a kind of illegal number.
Read more about Illegal Prime: Background, Discovery, The First Illegal Prime Number, The First Illegal Executable Prime Number, Using The Numbers
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