Recording medium with format for preventing unauthorized copying, and reproducing apparatus for same

A reproducing apparatus adapted for reproducing data from a recording medium on which is recorded data of a plurality of formats, the recording medium comprising a lead-in area for recording physical format management information including data relative to a physical format of the recording medium and for recording a table of contents (TOC) for managing a plurality of tracks of data of a Direct Stream Digital (DSD) format, a first data area portion for recording first data of a Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) format and first data management information for managing reproduction of the first data in conformity with the physical format management information, a second data area portion for recording the plurality of tracks of data of the DSD format, and a third data area portion for recording third data of a third data format different from the DVD format and different from the DSD format, wherein data of the DSD format is 1-bit digital stream data, identification data signifying that the third data is recorded in the third data area portion is included in the TOC of the lead-in area, the identification data including a start address for the third data area portion, the third data of the third data format is recorded in conformity with the physical format management information, and third data management information is recorded at a predetermined position in the third data area portion for managing reproduction of the third data of the third data format, the reproducing apparatus comprising:

• read means for executing an operation to read out information from the lead-in area of the recording medium, the read means including means for reading the table of contents (TOC) for managing the plurality of tracks of data of the DSD format;
• decision means for deciding whether the third data of the third data format is recorded on the recording medium based on the identification data included in the TOC and read out from the recording medium by the read means;
• reproduction control means for enabling the read means to read out the third data management information recorded in the third data area portion when a decision by the decision means signifies that the third data of the third data format is recorded on the recording medium, and for enabling the read means to read out the third data of the third data format based on the third data management information, wherein the reproduction control means prevents copying of the third data based on copyright information included in the third data management information;
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• DSD format decode means for decoding the plurality of tracks of data of the DSD format read out by the read means.