Recording medium for storing write protection information and write protection method thereof

A write protection method for an optical disc recording and/or reproducing apparatus, wherein data recorded on a recordable and/or reproducible recording medium including a Lead-in area, a Lead-out area, and an entire user data area, is protected from unwanted overwriting or erasing, the method comprising:

• checking a write protection state of the recording medium provided by a plurality of identical write protection information that is stored, at the same time, in the recording medium;
• and
• prohibiting writing of data on the recording medium according to the write protection state of the recording medium,
• wherein the recording medium stores the write protection information to protect the data recorded on the recording medium from unwanted overwriting or erasing, with the write protection information being stored redundantly in the Lead-in area of the recording medium, and
• wherein the checking of the write protection state of the recording medium comprises checking whether the plurality of identical write protection information are read without error and have a matching state.