Information-providing system, apparatus, method and program recorded on recording medium for providing information, apparatus for recording information, and program recorded on recording medium for recording information

An information-recording apparatus that is capable of accessing an information-providing apparatus via a network, and comprising:

• an ID-information-acquisition device which acquires ID information that corresponds to a program information recorded on a recording medium;
• a protection-information-recognition device that recognizes whether or not said recording medium has protection information for copyright protection of said program information when recording said program information recorded on said recording medium to another recording medium;
• an ID-information-sending device which sends said ID-information to said information-providing apparatus via said network when said protection information is recognized;
• a corresponding-information-receiving device which receives corresponding information related to said program information that is sent from said information-providing apparatus via said network according to said ID information;
• and
• an information-recording device which records said corresponding information on to said other recording medium.

An information-providing apparatus that provides information to an information-recording apparatus via a network and comprising:

• an ID-information-receiving device that receives ID information that corresponds to a program information recorded on a recording medium and that is sent from said information-recording apparatus via said network;
• a corresponding-information-acquisition device which acquires corresponding information related to said program information based on said ID information;
• and
• a corresponding-information-sending device which sends said corresponding information to said information-recording apparatus via said network.

An information-providing method of an information providing system comprising an information-providing apparatus that provides information via a network, and an information-recording apparatus that can access said information-providing apparatus via said network, and wherein:

• said information-recording apparatus comprises:
• an ID-information-acquisition process of acquiring ID information that corresponds to a program information recorded on a recording medium;
• a protection-information-recognition process of recognizing whether or not said recording medium has protection information for copyright protection of said program information when recording said program information recorded on said recording medium to another recording medium;
• and
• an ID-information-sending process of sending said acquired ID-information to said information-providing apparatus via said network when said protection information is recognized in said protection-information-recognition process;
• and
• said information-providing apparatus comprises:
• an ID-information-receiving process of receiving said ID information sent from said information-recording apparatus via said network;
• a corresponding-information-acquisition process of acquiring said corresponding information based on said ID information;
• and
• a corresponding-information-sending process of sending said corresponding information to said information-recording apparatus via said network;
• and wherein
• said information-recording apparatus further comprises:
• a corresponding-information-receiving process of receiving said corresponding information that is related to said program information and that is sent from said information-providing apparatus via said network according to said ID information;
• and
• an information-recording process of recording said corresponding information that was received by said corresponding-information-receiving device on to said other recording medium.