Patent ID: 6070799
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
Apparatus for copying digital information onto a first recordable disk from an original disk having at least one recording surface which has a title ID that identifies the digital information, and having a copy classification code for the digital information identified by the title ID which indicates to a recorder whether the recorder is prohibited from making copies, permitted to make only a single copy from an original or does not restrict the number of copies to be made in a copying session, comprising:(a) means for reading and storing a unique code from a bar code on the recordable medium, the unique code identifying the original disk;(b) means for reading the title ID and the copy classification code from the original disk and for storing the title ID and the copy classification code on the first recordable disk responsive to the unique code; and(c) means responsive to the unique code, the title ID and the copy classification code for controlling the recorder including means responsive to the copy classification code for preventing the recorder from making a copy onto a second recordable disk in the copying session.