Recording and reproducing apparatus adapted to selectively control the number of copies made
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1. A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
- reproducing means for reproducing from a recording medium first information indicating how many times predetermined information has been reproduced for copying from the recording medium and second information indicating how many times the predetermined information is permitted to be reproduced for copying from the recording medium;
determining means for comparing the first information and the second information reproduced by said reproducing means and for determining whether it is possible to perform reproducing for copying of the predetermined information according to the compared result;
updating means for updating the first information reproduced by said reproducing means; and
recording means for recording the first information which has been updated by said updating means on the recording medium.
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Abstract
A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising a reproducing member for reproducing number-of-times-of-copy information and possible-number-of-times-of-copy information recorded on a recording medium, a renewing circuit for renewing the number-of-times-of-copy information reproduced by the reproducing member, a determining circuit for determining whether or not it is possible to perform copying by comparing the possible-number-of-times-of-copy information with the number-of-times-of-copy information, and a recording member for recording the number-of-times-of-copy information renewed by the renewing circuit on the recording medium.
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1. A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:
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reproducing means for reproducing from a recording medium first information indicating how many times predetermined information has been reproduced for copying from the recording medium and second information indicating how many times the predetermined information is permitted to be reproduced for copying from the recording medium; determining means for comparing the first information and the second information reproduced by said reproducing means and for determining whether it is possible to perform reproducing for copying of the predetermined information according to the compared result; updating means for updating the first information reproduced by said reproducing means; and recording means for recording the first information which has been updated by said updating means on the recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 16, 17)
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4. A reproducing apparatus comprising:
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reproducing means for reproducing from a recording medium first information indicating how many times predetermined information has been reproduced for copying from the recording medium and second information indicating how many times the predetermined information is permitted to be reproduced for copying from the recording medium; updating means for updating the first information reproduced by said reproducing means; output means for outputting the first information undated by said updating means to a recording device which records the first information; and control means for setting said recording device into a possible-to-record state or an impossible-to-record state on the basis of the first information and the second information reproduced by said reproducing means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A recording medium storing predetermined information to be reproduced, comprising:
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(a) a first area on which predetermined information to be reproduced for copying is recorded, and (b) a second area on which data indicating how many times said predetermined information is permitted to be reproduced for copying and data indicating how many times said predetermined information has been reproduced for copying are recorded, wherein rewriting of said data is enabled, said data indicating how many times said predetermined information has been reproduced for copying. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A reproducing apparatus comprising:
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reproducing means for reproducing from a recording medium first information indicating how many times predetermined information has been reproduced for copying from the recording medium and second information indicating how many times the predetermined information is permitted to be reproduced for copying from the recording medium, said predetermined information; second information setting means for setting a number in said second information reproduced by said reproducing means to "0"; outputting means for outputting the predetermined information reproduced by said reproducing means and the second information set by said second information setting means to a recording device which records the predetermined information and the second information output from said outputting means; and control means for controlling an output operation of said outputting means on the basis of said first information and said second information reproduced by said reproducing means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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18. A reproducing apparatus being used for copying information, comprising:
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reading means for reading from a storage device predetermined information, first data indicating how many times said predetermined information has been read from the storage device and second data indicating how many times said predetermined information is permitted to be read from the storage device and for supplying the predetermined information, the first data, and the second data, said storage device being attachable and detachable to said apparatus; determining means for comparing the first data and the second data supplied by said reading means and for determining whether it is possible to perform supplying of the predetermined information according to the compared result; updating means for updating the first data supplied by said reading means; and writing means for writing the first data updated by said updating means into said storage device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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