Information recording apparatus and copy management program

A copy management program readable by an information recording apparatus mutually communicable with a copy-count management server that manages medium identifying information for uniquely identifying an information recording medium and information regarding an allowable number of copies of a digital content recorded in the information recording medium to be associated with each other, the copy management program functioning the information recording apparatus as:

• an identification information obtaining means that obtains the medium identifying information of an inserted information recording medium;
• a first information obtaining means that obtains the information regarding the allowable number of copies from the copy management server, the allowable number of copies being associated with the medium identifying information obtained by the identification information obtaining means;
• a cached-data registering means that caches content data of the digital content recorded in the inserted information recording medium in a first storage section at preset timing;
• a copy process means that:
• when receiving a copy request for the digital content recorded in the inserted information recording medium, determines whether to perform a copy process based on the information regarding the allowable number of copies obtained by the first information obtaining means, and
• when determining to perform the copy process, copies the content data cached in the first storage section to an information recording medium as copy destination;
• a process-result sending means that sends, to the copy-count management server, a result of the copy process by the copy process means;
• a cached-data holding means that holds the content data cached in the first storage section if the information regarding the allowable number of copies, obtained by the first information obtaining means for the digital content recorded in the inserted information recording medium, on which the result of the copy process by the copy process means has been reflected represents that a next copy process is allowed;
• and
• a cached-data abandoning means that abandons the content data cached in the first storage section if the information regarding the allowable number of copies, obtained by the first information obtaining means for the digital content recorded in the inserted information recording medium, on which the result of the copy process by the copy process means has been reflected represents that a next copy process is disallowed.