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Recording medium having digital copy management data recorded therein, and recording apparatus and reproducing apparatus in which reproduction or recording operation is controlled on the basis of the digital copy management data

  • US 6,034,832 A
  • Filed: 06/10/1997
  • Issued: 03/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A disc-shaped digital recording medium comprising:

  • a specified management area on the disc-shaped digital recording medium in which copy management data is recorded including at least one of time-and-date information for restricting reproduction of said recording medium to one of a specific time and date, area condition information for permitting/prohibiting reproduction or recording in specified geographical areas, and copy history information corresponding to a copy history of said recording medium including a frequency of copying and a number of copies made; and

    a main area in which main information to be reproduced and copied is recorded, whereinthe area condition information permits or prohibits the reproduction or the recording by verifying the specified geographical area of the area condition information with an area information that has been allocated to a reproducing apparatus or recording apparatus performing the reproduction or the recording, respectively.

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