Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording/reproducing system for tracking use and transfer of data

An apparatus for writing data in a storage medium, said storage medium comprising a data area for storing data and a management area for storing management data corresponding to data stored in said data area, comprising:

• a data recorder for writing a received data into said data area;
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• an identification information recorder for recording identification information into said management area, said identification information identifying a route followed by said data written to said data area in arriving in said data area, and whether or not said data stored in said data area has been transferred from an original source and stored once in another storable medium before being transferred from the another storage medium to, and stored in said data area.

A method for writing data in a storage medium, said storage medium comprising a data area for storing data and a management area for storing management data corresponding to data stored in said data area, comprising the steps of:

• writing a received data into said data area;
• and
• recording identification information into said management area, said identification information identifying a route followed by said data written to said data area in arriving in said data area, and whether or not said data stored in said data area has been transferred from an original source and stored once in another storage medium before being transferred from the another storage medium to, and stored in said data area.

A method for writing data to and reproducing data from a first storage medium comprising a data area for storing data therein, and a management area for storing management data corresponding to data stored in said data area, and a second storage medium comprising a data area for storing data therein, and a management area for storing management data corresponding to data stored in said data area, comprising the steps of:

• recording identification information into said management area, said identification information identifying a route followed by said data written to said data area in arriving in said data area, and whether or not said data stored in said data area has been transferred from an original source and stored once in another storage medium before being transferred from the another storage medium to, and stored in said data area;
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• controlling the transfer of data written in said data area of one of said first and second storage media to said data area of said other of said first and second storage media in accordance with said identification information.