A copying apparatus for copying information from an original recording medium (101; 101a) that stores the information thereon to a copy recording medium (102; 102a), the copying apparatus comprising: an identifier acquisition unit (601, 607, 609; 601a) configured to acquire an original-medium identifier that identifies the original recording medium and a copy-medium identifier that identifies the copy recording medium (102; 102a); a transmission/reception unit (608; 608a) configured to transmit the acquired original-medium identifier and the acquired copy-medium identifier to a management apparatus (105; 105a), and to receive permission information from the management apparatus (105; 105a), the permission information indicating permission for the copying of the information; a reading unit configured to read the information from the original recording medium (101; 101a); and a writing unit (607; 607a) configured to write the read information onto the copy recording medium (102; 102a), and when receiving the permission information, to write the received permission information onto the copy recording medium (102; 102a), wherein the original recording medium (101; 101a) stores thereon the original-medium identifier that identifies the original recording medium (101; 101a), and the identifier acquisition unit (601, 607, 609; 601a) acquires the original-medium identifier by reading the original-medium identifier from the original recording medium (101; 101a) and acquires the copy-medium identifier by reading the copy-medium identifier from the copy recording medium (102; 102a), and the copying apparatus is characterized by further comprising: a connection state check unit configured to determine whether the copy recording medium (102; 102a) is suitable to be removed from the copying apparatus; and a display unit configured to display a message for prompting a user to replace the copy recording medium (102; 102a) with another copy recording medium (102; 102a) when the connection state check unit determines that the copy recording medium (102; 102a) is not suitable to be removed from the copying apparatus. an identifier acquisition unit (601, 607, 609; 601a) configured to acquire an original-medium identifier that identifies the original recording medium and a copy-medium identifier that identifies the copy recording medium (102; 102a); a transmission/reception unit (608; 608a) configured to transmit the acquired original-medium identifier and the acquired copy-medium identifier to a management apparatus (105; 105a), and to receive permission information from the management apparatus (105; 105a), the permission information indicating permission for the copying of the information; a reading unit configured to read the information from the original recording medium (101; 101a); and a writing unit (607; 607a) configured to write the read information onto the copy recording medium (102; 102a), and when receiving the permission information, to write the received permission information onto the copy recording medium (102; 102a), wherein the original recording medium (101; 101a) stores thereon the original-medium identifier that identifies the original recording medium (101; 101a), and the identifier acquisition unit (601, 607, 609; 601a) acquires the original-medium identifier by reading the original-medium identifier from the original recording medium (101; 101a) and acquires the copy-medium identifier by reading the copy-medium identifier from the copy recording medium (102; 102a), and the copying apparatus is characterized by further comprising: a connection state check unit configured to determine whether the copy recording medium (102; 102a) is suitable to be removed from the copying apparatus; and a display unit configured to display a message for prompting a user to replace the copy recording medium (102; 102a) with another copy recording medium (102; 102a) when the connection state check unit determines that the copy recording medium (102; 102a) is not suitable to be removed from the copying apparatus. a connection state check unit configured to determine whether the copy recording medium (102; 102a) is suitable to be removed from the copying apparatus; and a display unit configured to display a message for prompting a user to replace the copy recording medium (102; 102a) with another copy recording medium (102; 102a) when the connection state check unit determines that the copy recording medium (102; 102a) is not suitable to be removed from the copying apparatus.