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US 7,454,627 B2Granted
Recording medium containing copyright information, recording apparatus and recording method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung-jun Kim, Jung-kwon Heo
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Abstract
A recording medium on which copyright information is recorded, and an apparatus and method therefor. The recording medium contains remake content made using at least one original content, original copyright information on the original content, and remake copyright information on the remake content. According to the recording medium and the apparatus and method therefor, the copyright of original content is protected and the personal user right of an individual user on the original content is guaranteed.
Claims24
A recording medium comprising:
- at least one original content;
- a remake content made based on the at least one original content;
- and
- copyright information corresponding to the remake content;
- wherein:
- the copyright information includes original copyright information which, when processed by a processor, is used to identify at least a copyright owner of the original content, and remake copyright information which, when processed by the processor, is used to identify at least a maker of the remake content representing a user that is different from the copyright owner of the original content;
- the remake copyright information includes a producer code of an apparatus used in making the remake content, and an identification code of the apparatus used to identify the maker of the remake content;
- and
- the original copyright information includes a country code, an owner code, a year of recording, and a serial number.
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A method of recording content on a recording medium, comprising:
- making a remake content based on at least one original content;
- recording the remake content on the recording medium;
- and
- generating and recording copyright information corresponding to the remake content on the recording medium,
- wherein:
- the copyright information includes original copyright information to identify at least a copyright owner of the original content, and remake copyright information to identify at least a maker of the remake content on the recording medium representing a user that is different from the copyright owner of the original content;
- the remake copyright information includes a producer code of an apparatus used in making the remake content, and an identification code of the apparatus used to identify the maker of the remake content;
- and
- the original copyright information includes a country code, an owner code, a year of recording, and a serial number.
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An apparatus to record content on a recording medium, comprising:
- a converting unit to convert at least one original content into a remake content;
- a processor to generate copyright information including original copyright information used to identify at least a copyright owner of the original content, and remake copyright information including identification information relating to the apparatus on the remake content that is different from the copyright owner of the original content;
- and
- a recording unit to record the remake content obtained by the converting unit, the identification information and the copyright information generated by the processor on a recording medium;
- wherein the identification information of the remake copyright information includes a producer code of the apparatus used in making the remake content, and an identification code of the apparatus used to identify the maker of the remake content;
- and
- the original copyright information includes a country code, an owner code, a year of recording, and a serial number.
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An apparatus to reproduce information from a recording medium, on which a remake content made based on at least one original content and copyright information on the remake content are recorded, the apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit to read copyright information on a remake content from the recording medium, including original copyright information to identify at least a copyright owner of the original content and remake copyright information to identify at least a maker of the remake content representing a user that is different from the copyright owner of the original content;
- a processor to determine whether the remake content of the recording medium is reproducible based on the copyright information read from the reading unit, and if the remake content is reproducible, to issue a command to the reading unit to read the remake content;
- and
- a reproducing unit to receive and reproduce the remake content read from the reading unit;
- wherein:
- the remake copyright information includes a producer code of an apparatus used in making the remake content, and an identification code of the apparatus used to identify the maker of the remake content;
- and
- the original copyright information includes a country code, an owner code, a year of recording, and a serial number.
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A method of reproducing a remake content recorded on a recording medium based on at least one original content, comprising:
- reading copyright information from a recording medium, including original copyright information to identify at least a copyright owner of the original content and remake copyright information to identify at least a maker of the remake content recorded on the recording medium representing a user that is different from the copyright owner of the original content;
- determining whether a remake content is reproducible from the recording medium based on the copyright information;
- reading the remake content from the recording medium if the remake content is determined to be reproducible;
- and
- reproducing the remake content from the recording medium;
- wherein:
- the remake copyright information includes a producer code of an apparatus used in making the remake content, and an identification code of the apparatus used to identify the maker of the remake content;
- and
- the original copyright information includes a country code, an owner code, a year of recording, and a serial number.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.