Copyright protection storage medium, information recording apparatus and information recording method, and information playback apparatus and information playback method

An information recording apparatus connected to a content server providing copyright protected contents and a license server handling licenses concerning at least one of recording or playback the copyright protected contents through a network, receiving and recording the copyright protected contents, and providing license data, the information recording apparatus comprising:

• a writing means for writing the copyright protected contents in a tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, wherein:
• the licenses include a unique ID for identifying the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in the license server,
• when a prescribed user who has a license of the copyright protection contents possesses the information recording apparatus, the writing means copies the copyright protected contents from the content server and pastes the copyright protected contents into the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium,
• when the information recording apparatus is possessed by a user different from the prescribed user, the writing means writes the copyright protected contents in the copyright protection storage medium by combining a domain model which assures playback in the information recording apparatus and a media-bind model, and
• in the media-bind model, the licenses are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in a format in accordance with a protection method of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium and by using secret data or a secret area of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium.

An information recording method executed by an information recording apparatus connected to a content server providing copyright protected contents and a license server handling licenses concerning at least one of recording or playback of the copyright protected contents through a network, receiving and recording the copyright protected contents, and providing license data, the method comprising the steps of:

• writing the copyright protected contents in a tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, wherein:
• the licenses include a unique ID for identifying the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in the license server,
• when a prescribed user who has a license of the copyright protection contents possesses the information recording apparatus, the writing comprises copying the copyright protected contents from the content server and pasting the copyright protected contents into the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium,
• when the information recording apparatus is possessed by a user different from the prescribed user, the writing comprises writing the copyright protected contents in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium by combining a domain model which assures playback in the information recording apparatus and a media-bind model, and
• in the media-bind model, the licenses are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in a format in accordance with a protection method of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium and by using secret data or a secret area of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium.

An information playback apparatus playing back copyright protected contents recorded in a tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, comprising:

• a playback means for playing back the copyright protected contents from the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, and
• a license server means for handling licenses concerning at least one of recording or playback of the copyright protected contents through a network, receiving and recording the copyright protected content, and providing license data, wherein:
• the licenses include a unique ID for identifying the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in the license server,
• the copyright protected contents are copied from a content server and pasted into the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, when a prescribed user having a license of the copyright protected contents possesses the information playback apparatus, and
• the copyright protected contents are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium by combining a domain model and a media-bind model, when the information playback apparatus is possessed by another user who is different from the prescribed user, and
• in the media-bind model, the licenses are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in a format in accordance with a protection method of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium and by using secret data or a secret area of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium.

An information playback method executed by an information playback apparatus playing back copyright protected contents recorded in a tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, the method comprising the steps of:

• playing back the copyright protected contents from the copyright protection storage medium, and
• handling licenses concerning at least one of recording or playback of the copyright protected contents through a network, receiving and recording the tangible, non-transitory copyright protected contents, and providing license data, wherein:
• the licenses include a unique ID for identifying the copyright protection storage medium,
• the copyright protected contents are copied from a content server and pasted into the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, when a prescribed user who has a license of the copyright protection contents possesses the information playback apparatus,
• the copyright protected contents are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium by combining a domain model and a media-bind model, when the information playback apparatus is possessed by another user who is different from the prescribed user, and
• in the media-bind model, the licenses are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in a format in accordance with a protection method of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium and by using secret data or a secret area of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium.

An information recording apparatus connected to a content server providing copyright protected contents and a license server handling licenses concerning at least one of recording or playback of the copyright protected contents through a network, receiving and recording the copyright protected contents, and providing license data, the apparatus comprising:

• a writing unit writing the copyright protected contents in a tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, wherein:
• the licenses include a unique ID for identifying the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in the license server,
• when a prescribed user who has a license of the copyright protection contents possesses the information recording apparatus, the writing unit copies the copyright protected contents from the content server and pastes the copyright protected contents into the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium,
• when the information recording apparatus is possessed by a user different from the prescribed user, the writing unit writes the copyright protected contents in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium by combining a domain model which assures playback in the information recording apparatus and a media-bind model, and
• wherein in the media-bind model, the licenses are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in a format in accordance with a protection method of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium and by using secret data or a secret area of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium.

An information playback apparatus playing back copyright protected contents recorded in a tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, comprising:

• a playback unit playing back the copyright protected contents from the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium;
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• a license server unit handling licenses concerning at least one of recording or playback of the copyright protected contents through a network, receiving and recording the copyright protected contents, and providing license data, wherein:
• the licenses include a unique ID for identifying the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in the license server,
• the copyright protected contents are copied from a content server and pasted into the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium, when a prescribed user having a license of the copyright protected contents possesses the information playback apparatus,
• the copyright protected contents are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium by combining a domain model and a media-bind model, when the information playback apparatus is possessed by another user who is different from the prescribed user, and
• wherein in the media-bind model, the licenses are written in the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium in a format in accordance with a protection method of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium and by using secret data or a secret area of the tangible, non-transitory copyright protection storage medium.