Patent ID: 8306393
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information apparatus, comprising: a second reception part for receiving electronic data on which a copy limit is imposed; a second information apparatus for recording the electronic data received at the second reception part in a second information recording medium; a third information apparatus for reading out the electronic data recorded in the second information recording medium to record the electronic data in a third information recording medium; and a second copy limit information setting unit that is capable of updating a permitted number-of-times of copying the electronic data, wherein the second copy limit information setting unit is capable of setting a permitted number-of-times of copying the electronic data about to be recorded in the third information recording medium to R (R is an integer of 0 or more and M−1 or less) when a permitted number-of-times of copying the electronic data recorded in the second information recording medium of M (M is an integer of 0 or more) is not 0, and the second copy limit information setting unit updates the permitted number-of-times of copying the electronic data recorded in the second information recording medium of M to a permitted number-of-times of copying of (M−(R+1)) when the electronic data whose permitted number-of-times of copying has been set to R are recorded in the third information recording medium.