Outputting apparatus, outputting method, recording apparatus, recording method, reproduction apparatus, reproduction method and recording medium

A recording apparatus for recording data onto a recording medium, said data including electronic information representative of processed identification data and copying count data, said electronic information not being significant to the perception of the data, comprising:

• identification data detection means for detecting identification data recorded along with the data for identification of the data;
• copying count data detection means for detecting copying count data recorded along with the data for limiting the number of times of copying the data;
• and
• recording control means for controlling recording of the data onto the recording medium based on the identification data detected by said identification data detection means and the copying count data detected by said copying count data detection means.

An outputting method for adding additional information to data and outputting resulting data, comprising:

• an identification data generation step of generating identification data to be recorded to a recording apparatus along with the data for identification of the data;
• a copying count data generation step of generating copying count data to be recorded to said recording apparatus along with said data for being compared with copying history data to also be recorded to said recording apparatus along with said data of the data to be stored in said recording apparatus, which is capable of recording the data onto a medium, to limit the number of times of copying the data onto other media;
• a control data processing step for processing the identification data and the copying count data to form electronic information representative thereof which, when combined with the data, is not significant to the perception of the data;
• an addition step of adding the identification data and the copying count data to the data;
• and
• an outputting step of outputting the data having the identification data and the copying count data added thereto.

A recording method for recording data onto a recording medium, said data including electronic information representative of processed identification data and copying count data, said electronic information not being significant to the perception of the data, comprising:

• an identification data detection step of detecting identification data recorded along with the data for identification of the data;
• a copying count data detection step of detecting copying count data recorded along with the data for limiting the number of times of copying the data;
• and
• a recording control step of controlling recording of the data onto the recording medium based on the identification data detected by the identification data detection step and the copying count data detected by the copying count data detection step.

A recording medium on which audio visual data is recorded, the audio visual data comprising:

• the data;
• identification data stored along with the data for identification of the data;
• and
• copying count data stored along with said data for being compared with copying history data also stored along with said data of the data stored in said recording apparatus, which is capable of recording the data onto said recording medium, to limit the number of times of copying the data onto other media;
• wherein said identification data and said copying count data are processed to form electronic information representative thereof, which, when combined with the data, is not significant to the perception thereof.

A recording medium on which audio visual data is recorded, the audio visual data comprising:

• the data;
• identification data stored along with the data for identification of the data;
• copying count data stored along with said data for being compared with copying history data also stored along with said data of the data stored in said recording apparatus, which is capable of recording the data onto said recording medium, to limit the number of times of copying the data onto other media;
• and
• apparatus identification data of a recording apparatus which has recorded the data from another medium;
• wherein said identification data and said copying count data are processed to form electronic information representative thereof, which, when combined with the data, is not significant to the perception thereof.