Recording and reproduction apparatus and method, program, and recording medium
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTsutomu Hirasawa
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Abstract
A recording and reproduction apparatus and method is disclosed by which the copyright of a content can be protected appropriately and the convenience to a user can be enhanced. When the recording and reproduction apparatus is to move a content stored on a first disk to a second disk, if the content is a secure content encrypted by a predetermined method, then it is decided whether or not the second disk is a secure medium suitable for recording of a secure content. If the second disk is a secure medium, then the content is moved to a secure region of the second disk. If the content is a non-secure content, then it can be copied in a non-secure region of the second disk. The invention can be applied to a portable audio player.
Claims8
A recording and reproduction apparatus for recording data of a content on a disk and reproducing data of a content recorded on the disk, comprising:
- an instruction decision section for deciding whether or not an instruction inputted by an operation of a user is issued;
- an acquisition section for acquiring information regarding a content to be moved or copied, a medium of a destination of the movement or copying and a type of a disk of a source of the movement or copying based on the substance of the operation input;
- a content type decision section for deciding whether or not the type of the content is a secure content encrypted by a method determined in advance;
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- a movement control section for controlling copying or movement of the content to the medium of the destination of the movement or copying based on a result of the decision of said content type decision section.
A recording and reproduction method for a recording and reproduction apparatus for recording data of a content on a disk and reproducing data of a content recorded on the disk, comprising:
- an instruction decision step of deciding whether or not an instruction inputted by an operation of a user is issued;
- an acquisition step of acquiring information regarding a content to be moved or copied, a medium of a destination of the movement or copying and a type of a disk of a source of the movement or copying based on the substance of the operation input;
- a content type decision step of deciding whether or not the type of the content is a secure content encrypted by a method determined in advance;
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- a movement control step of controlling copying or movement of the content to the medium of the destination of the movement or copying based on a result of the decision by the process at the content type decision step.
A program for a recording and reproduction apparatus for recording data of a content on a disk and reproducing data of a content recorded on the disk, comprising:
- an instruction decision controlling step of controlling decision of whether or not an instruction inputted by an operation of a user is issued;
- an acquisition controlling step of controlling acquisition of information regarding a content to be moved or copied, a medium of a destination of the movement or copying and a type of a disk of a source of the movement or copying based on the substance of the operation input;
- a content type decision controlling step of controlling decision of whether or not the type of the content is a secure content encrypted by a method determined in advance;
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- a movement control step of controlling copying or movement of the content to the medium of the destination of the movement or copying based on a result of the decision by the process at the content type decision step.
A recording medium on which a program for a recording and reproduction apparatus for recording data of a content on a disk and reproducing data of a content recorded on the disk is recorded, the program comprising:
- an instruction decision controlling step of controlling decision of whether or not an instruction inputted by an operation of a user is issued;
- an acquisition controlling step of controlling acquisition of information regarding a content to be moved or copied, a medium of a destination of the movement or copying and a type of a disk of a source of the movement or copying based on the substance of the operation input;
- a content type decision controlling step of controlling decision of whether or not the type of the content is a secure content encrypted by a method determined in advance;
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- a movement control step of controlling copying or movement of the content to the medium of the destination of the movement or copying based on a result of the decision by the process at the content type decision step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.