Copyright protection system, recording device, and reproduction device

• US 7,555,779 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2002
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tatebayashi, Makoto, Matsuzaki, Natsume, Nakano, Toshihisa, Harada, Shunji
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown; Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US10/213,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20030152222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,519 Days
• Field of Search: 380/202, 705/56, 705/58, 726/26, 726/31
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1014 to tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/107 License processing; Key processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/78 to assure secure storage of data address-based protection against unauthorised use of memory G06F12/14; record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00094 involving measures which result in a restriction to authorised record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00173 wherein the origin of the content is checked, e.g. determining whether the content has originally been retrieved from a legal disc copy or another trusted source
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0021 involving encryption or decryption of contents recorded on or reproduced from a record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00246 wherein the key is obtained from a local device, e.g. device key initially stored by the player or by the recorder
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00253 wherein the key is stored on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00347 wherein the medium identifier is used as a key
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00492 wherein content or user data is encrypted
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00514 wherein the entire content is encrypted with the same key, e.g. disc key or master key
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/0055 wherein license data is encrypted
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00847 wherein the usage restriction is defined by a licence file
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00855 involving a step of exchanging information with a remote server
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2537 Optical discs

Abstract

A copyright protection system includes a recording device and a reproduction device. The recording device writes encrypted content, an encrypted content key for decrypting the encrypted content, and license information on a recording medium on which a unique media number has been recorded in an unrewritable state. The license information is generated using both the media number and the encrypted content key, and therefore reflects both values. The reproduction device reads the media number, the encrypted content key, and the license information from the recording medium, and judges whether the license information reflects both the media number and the encrypted content key. The reproduction device decrypts the encrypted content key, and decrypts the encrypted content using the content key only if the license information reflects both values. Thus, the copyright protection system allows only original recording media to be reproduced, and prohibits reproduction of copy recording media.

Claims

1. A copyright protection system comprising:

a recording device for recording encrypted content on a recording medium loaded to said recording device, the recording medium being removable from said recording device and having an unrewritable area in which a media number for identifying the removable recording medium is recorded; and

a reproduction device for reproducing the encrypted content,

wherein said recording device includes;

content key storing unit configured to store a content key;

a first master key storing unit configured to store a first master key assigned to said recording device;

a content key encrypting unit configured to encrypt the content key based on the first master key stored in said first master key storing unit, the content key to be used to decrypt the encrypted content;

a generating unit configured to obtain the media number from the removable recording medium, and generate license information based on the media number and the content key; and

a recording unit configured to record the license information, the encrypted content key, and the encrypted content on the removable recording medium,

wherein said reproduction device includes;

a second master key storing unit configured to store a second master key assigned to said reproduction device;

a computing unit configured to obtain a media number from an unrewritable area and an encrypted content key that are recorded on a removable recording medium loaded to said reproduction device, and generate reference license information based on the media number and the encrypted content key;

a comparing unit configured to (i) obtain the license information from the removable recording medium loaded to said reproduction device and the reference license information from said computing unit, and (ii) compare the license information and the reference license information to determine whether or not the license information and the reference license information match each other, thereby determining whether or not at least one of (a) the removable recording medium loaded to said reproduction device is a copied medium, the copied medium having a different media number from the removable recording medium loaded to said recording device and having recorded therein copies of the license information, the encrypted content key, and the encrypted content, and (b) the content key has been tampered with;

a decrypting unit configured to obtain the encrypted content and the encrypted content key from the removable recording medium loaded to said reproduction device, obtain the second master key stored in said second master key storing unit, decrypt the encrypted content key by using the second master key, and decrypt the encrypted content by using the content key to generate decrypted content;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the decrypted content; and

a suppressing unit configured to suppress the reproduction of the decrypted content when said comparing unit determines that the license information does not match the reference license information.

2. The copyright protection system of claim 1, wherein:

said first master key storing unit is configured to store the first master key by either acquiring the first master key from outside said recording device or storing the first master key in advance;

said content key encrypting unit is configured to encrypt the content key by using the first master key according to a secret key cipher;

said second master key storing unit is configured to store the second master key by either acquiring the second master key from outside said reproduction device or storing the second master key in advance; and

said decryption unit is configured to decrypt the encrypted content key by using the second master key according to the secret key cipher.

3. The copyright protection system of claim 2, wherein:

secret key information is recorded on the removable recording medium, the secret key information being an encrypted secret key which can be correctly decrypted only when a specific device key is used;

each of said first master key storing unit and said second master key storing unit includes;

a device key storing unit configured to store, in advance, a device key that is unique to a device to which said device key storing unit belongs; and

a secret key decrypting unit configured to decrypt the secret key information recorded on the removable recording medium by using the device key stored in said device key storing unit; and

each of said recording device and said reproduction device further includes a stopping unit configured to stop subsequent processing if said respective secret key decrypting unit has failed to correctly decrypt the secret key information.

4. The copyright protection system of claim 1, wherein:

said generating unit is configured to generate a set of license information for each of a plurality of sets of encrypted content, by generating license information based on the media number and a set of content keys corresponding to the set of encrypted content;

said recording unit is configured to record the plurality of sets of encrypted content, the plurality of sets of content keys which are in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sets of encrypted content, and the plurality of sets of license information which are generated by said generating unit and are in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sets of encrypted content, on the removable recording medium in combination; and

said comparing unit and said decrypting unit respectively perform the comparing and the decryption on each combination recorded on the removable recording medium.

5. The copyright protection system of claim 1, wherein said generating unit is configured to generate a set of license information for a plurality of sets of encrypted content, by generating license information based on the media number and a plurality of sets of content keys which are in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of sets of encrypted content.

6. The copyright protection system of claim 1, wherein the first master key stored in said first master key storing unit is identical to the second master key stored in said second master key storing unit.

7. The copyright protection system of claim 1, wherein said comparing unit is configured to determine that the license information does not match the reference license information when the media number obtained by said generating unit to generate the license information is not identical to the media number obtained from the removable recording medium by said computing unit to generate the reference license information.

8. The copyright protection system of claim 1, wherein said generating unit is configured to generate the license information based on the media number and the encrypted content key.

9. The copyright protection system of claim 8, wherein said comparing unit is configured to determine that the license information does not match the reference license information when at least one of

(a) the media number obtained by said generating unit to generate the license information is not identical to the media number obtained from the removable recording medium by said computing unit to generate the reference license information, and

(b) the encrypted content key obtained by said generating unit to generate the license information is not identical to the encrypted content key obtained from the removable recording medium by said computing unit to generate the reference license information.

10. The copyright protection system of claim 1, wherein:

said generating unit is configured to generate the license information without using the first master key; and

said computing unit is configured to generate the reference license information without using the second master key.

11. The copyright protection system of claim 10, wherein:

said generating unit is configured to generate the license information based on only the media number and the content key; and

said computing unit is configured to generate the reference license information based on only the media number and the encryption content key.

12. A reproduction device for reproducing encrypted content recorded on a recording medium removable from said reproduction device, the removable recording medium having an unrewritable area in which a media number for identifying the removable recording medium is recorded,

wherein the encrypted content, an encrypted content key, and license information have been recorded on the removable recording medium by a recording device storing a content key, the content key to be used to decrypt the encrypted content,

wherein the encrypted content key recorded on the removable recording medium is the content key encrypted by the recording device based on a first master key assigned to the recording device, and the license information recorded on the removable recording medium is based on the media number and the content key,

said reproduction device comprising:

a second master key storing unit configured to store a second master key assigned to said reproduction device;

a computing unit configured to obtain the media number from the unrewritable area and the encrypted content key that are recorded on the removable recording medium loaded to said reproduction device, and generate reference license information based on the media number and the encrypted content key;

a comparing unit configured to (i) obtain the license information from the removable recording medium and the reference license information from said computing unit, and (ii) compare the license information and the reference license information to determine whether or not the license information and the reference license information match each other, thereby determining whether or not at least one of (a) the removable recording medium loaded to said reproduction device is a copied medium, the copied medium having a different media number from the removable recording medium on which the encrypted content is recorded originally, and having recorded thereon copies of the license information, the encrypted content key, and the encrypted content, and (b) the content key has been tampered with;

a decrypting unit configured to obtain the encrypted content and the encrypted content key from the removable recording medium, obtain the second master key stored in said master key storing unit, decrypt the encrypted content key by using the second master key, and decrypt the encrypted content by using the content key to generate decrypted content;

a reproduction unit configured to reproduce the decrypted content; and

a suppressing unit configured to suppress the reproduction of the decrypted content when said comparing unit determines that the license information does not match the reference license information.

13. A copyright protection method for use in a copyright protection system including a recording device for recording encrypted content on a recording medium loaded to the recording device, the recording medium being removable from the recording device, and a reproduction device for reproducing the encrypted content recorded on the removable recording medium, the removable recording medium having an unrewritable area in which a media number for identifying the removable recording medium is recorded, the recording device storing a first master key assigned to the recording device, and the reproduction device storing a second master key assigned to the reproduction device,

wherein, in the recording device, the method comprises:

encrypting a content key stored in the recording device based on the first master key stored in the recording device, the content key to be used to decrypt the encrypted content;

obtaining the media number from the removable recording medium, and generating license information based on the media number and the content key;

recording the license information, the encrypted content key, and the encrypted content on the removable recording medium; and

wherein, in the reproduction device, the method comprises;

obtaining a media number from an unrewritable area and an encrypted content key that are recorded on a removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device, and generating reference license information based on the media number and the encrypted content key;

obtaining the license information from the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device and the generated reference license information, and comparing the obtained license information and the generated reference license information to determine whether or not the obtained license information and the generated reference license information match each other, thereby determining whether or not at least one of (a) the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device is a copied medium, the copied medium having a different media number from the removable recording medium loaded to the recording device and having recorded therein copies of the license information, the encrypted content key, and the encrypted content, and (b) the content key has been tampered with;

obtaining the encrypted content and the encrypted content key from the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device, decrypting the encrypted content key by using the stored second master key, and decrypting the encrypted content by using the content key to generate decrypted content;

reproducing the decrypted content; and

suppressing said reproducing of the decrypted content when said comparing determines that the obtained license information does not match the generated reference license information.

14. A reproduction method for reproducing encrypted content recorded on a recording medium removable from a reproduction device, the removable recording medium having an unrewritable area in which a media number for identifying the removable recording medium is recorded,

wherein the encrypted content, an encrypted content key, and license information have been recorded on the removable recording medium by a recording device storing a content key, the content key to be used to decrypt the encrypted content,

wherein the encrypted content key recorded on the removable recording medium is the content key encrypted by the recording device based on a first master key assigned to the recording device, and the license information recorded on the removable recording medium is based on the media number and the content key, and

wherein said method comprises:

storing a second master key;

obtaining the media number from the unrewritable area and the encrypted content key from the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device, and generating reference license information based on the media number and the encrypted content key;

obtaining the license information from the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device and the generated reference license information, and comparing the obtained license information and the generated reference license information to determine whether or not the obtained license information and the generated reference license information match each other, thereby determining whether or not at least one of (a) the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device is a copied medium, the copied medium having a different media number from the removable recording medium loaded to the recording device and having recorded therein copies of the license information, the encrypted content key, and the encrypted content, and (b) the content key has been tampered with;

obtaining the encrypted content and the encrypted content key from the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device, decrypting the encrypted content key by using the second master key, and decrypting the encrypted content by using the content key to generate decrypted content;

reproducing the decrypted content; and

suppressing said reproducing of the decrypted content when said comparing determines that the obtained license information does not match the generated reference license information.

15. A reproduction program, stored on a computer-readable medium, for use in a reproduction device for reproducing encrypted content recorded on a recording medium removable from the reproduction device, the removable recording medium having an unrewritable area in which a media number that is for identifying the removable recording medium is recorded,

wherein the encrypted content, an encrypted content key, and license information have been recorded on the removable recording medium by a recording device storing a content key, the content key to be used to decrypt the encrypted content,

wherein the encrypted content key recorded on the removable recording medium is the content key encrypted by the recording device based on a first master key assigned to the recording device, and the license information recorded on the removable recording medium is based on the media number and the content key, and

wherein the reproduction program causes the reproduction device to execute operations comprising:

storing a second master key assigned to the reproduction device;

obtaining the media number from the unrewritable area and the encrypted content key from the removable recording medium loaded into the reproduction device, and generating reference license information based on the media number and the encrypted content key;

obtaining the license information from the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device and the generated reference license information, and comparing the obtained license information and the generated reference license information to determine whether or not the obtained license information and the generated reference license information match each other, thereby determining whether or not at least one of (a) the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device is a copied medium, the copied medium having a different media number from the removable recording medium loaded to the recording device and having recorded therein copies of the license information, the encrypted content key, and the encrypted content, and (b) the content key has been tampered with;

obtaining the encrypted content and the encrypted content key from the removable recording medium loaded to the reproduction device, decrypting the encrypted content key by using the stored second master key, and decrypting the encrypted content by using the content key to generate decrypted content;

reproducing the decrypted content; and

suppressing said reproducing of the decrypted content when said comparing determines that the obtained license information does not match the generated reference license information.