Patent ID: 6430291
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An information signal recording control method for controlling recording of an information signal in a recording medium according to a content of an anti-duplication control signal added on said information signal, comprising the steps:detecting said anti-duplication control signal added on said information signal and judging said content thereof; stopping said recording of said information signal in said recording medium when said content of said detected anti-duplication control signal is judged to be duplication-inhibited; erasing from said recording medium said information signal that was recorded between a time when said recording of said information signal is started and a time when said recording of said information signal is stopped because said anti-duplication control signal was judged to be duplication-inhibited; and storing a recording region information including a starting point and an ending point of said recording, wherein said recorded information signal is erased based on said recording region information, and said recorded information is one of physically erased and logically erased from said recording medium.