Method for copy-protected storage of information on a data carrier

A method for storing information comprising digital data on a data carrier and reading the information from the data carrier, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a data carrier comprising an individual digital identifier;
• b) forming a signature comprising the individual digital identifier;
• c) providing information comprising a processing recipe and assigned machine control data;
• d) processing the machine control data with a first electronic data processing device and using the machine control data to control a machine only if the individual digital identifier and the signature are in a predefined relation to one another;
• and
• e) reading and reproducing the processing recipe with a second electronic data processing device comprising a human-machine interface, regardless of whether the signature and the individual digital identifier are in the predefined relation to one another;
• wherein the first electronic data processing device is part of a household appliance operable by an electric motor and/or the machine control data is a program sequence for a household appliance operable by electric motor.