Information recording apparatus and information recording method, and information recording medium

An information recording apparatus comprising:

• an permission information detection device for detecting the permission information from a recording medium having record information and permission information indicating whether or not to permit execution of edit processing for dividing the record information into two or more items of partial record information recorded therein;
• a judgment device for judging the content of the detected permission information;
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• an execution device for, only when said judged content corresponds to the content in which said division processing is enabled, executing said edit processing.

An information recording method for recording information in a recording medium, said method comprising:

• a specification process of specifying a division timing in the recording information;
• a recording process of recording in said recording medium front part record information that is the record information before said specified division timing and rear part record information that is the record information after said specified division timing;
• a generation process of generating permission information indicating whether or not to permit at least one of said front part record information and said rear part record information to be further divided;
• and
• a permission information recording process of recording said generated permission information in said recording medium.

An information recording method comprising:

• an permission information detection process of detecting the permission information from a recording medium having record information and permission information indicating whether or not to permit execution of edit processing for dividing the record information into two or more items of partial record information recorded therein;
• a judgment process of judging the content of the detected permission information;
• and
• an execution process of, only when said judged content corresponds to the content in which said division processing is enabled, executing said edit processing.

An information recording medium having recorded therein a recording control program for functioning a recording computer contained in an information recording apparatus for recording target record information in a recording medium, said recording control program causing said recording computer to function as:

• a specification device for specifying a division timing in the recording information;
• a recording device for recording in said recording medium front part record information that is the record information before said specified division timing and rear part record information that is the record information after said specified division timing;
• a generation device for generating permission information indicating whether or not to permit at least one of said front part record information and said rear part record information to be further divided;
• and
• an permission information recording device for recording said generated permission information in said recording medium.

An information recording medium having a recording control program recorded therein, said recording control program causing a recording computer contained in an information recording apparatus to function as:

• an permission information detection device for detecting the permission information from a recording medium having record information and permission information indicating whether or not to permit execution of edit processing for dividing the record information into two or more items of partial record information recorded therein;
• a judgment device for judging the content of the detected permission information;
• and
• an execution device for, only when said judged content corresponds to the content in which said division processing is enabled, executing said edit processing.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing a series of instructions which cause a computer to perform steps to execute a recording control process in an information recording apparatus, the steps comprising:

• a specification step for specifying a division timing in the recording information;
• a recording step for recording in said recording medium front part record information that is the record information before said specified division timing and rear part record information that is the record information after said specified division timing;
• a generation step for generating permission information indicating whether or not to permit at least one of said front part record information and said rear part record information to be further divided;
• and
• an permission information recording step for recording said generated permission information in said recording medium.

A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave and representing a series of instructions which cause a computer to perform steps to execute a recording control process in an information recording apparatus, the steps comprising:

• an permission information detection step for detecting the permission information from a recording medium having record information and permission information indicating whether or not to permit execution of edit processing for dividing the record information into two or more items of partial record information recorded therein;
• a judgment step for judging the content of the detected permission information;
• and
• an execution step for, only when said judged content corresponds to the content in which said division processing is enabled, executing said edit processing.