Information processing apparatus, control method therefor and computer readable information recording medium

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a removable information recording medium having recorded thereon predetermined substance information and first license information including identification information uniquely indicating said information processing apparatus;
• a storing unit configured to store second license information including identification information uniquely indicating the removable information recording medium;
• a license checking unit configured to check license information using at least one of said first license information including the identification information uniquely indicating said information processing apparatus and said second license information including the identification information uniquely indicating the removable information recording medium;
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• a substance information usage allowability control unit configured to control, based on a result of the checking carried out by said license checking unit, allowability for a usage of said predetermined substance information from said removable information recording medium, and configured to disallow usage of said predetermined substance information from the removable information recording medium when the checking made by said license checking unit results in failure.