I'm pretty sure the string will not travel at the speed of light, unless it has Star Wars light-speed drives :P.
Also if it takes 1 minute for the light to travel, the string will most likely fall limp before it can even reach the end. Unless it was in a vacuum, but even then light travels fastest.
Edit: And thinking about it. Nothing can go the speed of light(besides Light) anyways.
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