Advertisement-purpose recordable optical disk, advertisement image forming method, and optical disk recording apparatus

Abstract

In an optical disk, while restricting a program area which has been defined as to the normal disk and on which a user can record arbitrary information, a remaining area located outside this restricted program area is previously secured as an advertisement area where an advertisement-purpose visible image is formed. In the case that an advertisement-purpose recordable optical disk is loaded on an optical disk recording apparatus, the optical disk recording apparatus accesses via a pubic line network to an advertisement information distributing apparatus so as to acquire advertisement image information. Next, the optical disk recording apparatus irradiates an optical beam to the advertisement area in response to the acquired advertisement image information so as to reproduce the advertisement image.

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