Patent ID: 8326119

Claim:
An apparatus for recording an optical record carrier, the apparatus comprising: a recording facility for recording a data and a primary data organizing system in a recording layer of the optical record carrier, and for printing a visually detectable image in a label area of the recording layer of the record carrier, wherein the optical record carrier contains the data and the visually detectable image in the same recording layer; and an encoder for encoding the data, wherein the data is encoded by the encoder, and the visually detectable image bypasses the encoder; wherein the primary data organizing system refers to a physical address of the data but not refer to a physical address within the label area that accessing the labeled area is prevented, wherein the recording facility is capable of recording at least part of the data or the primary data organizing system on the record carrier at an area peripherally arranged with respect to the label area; wherein the recording facility is capable of recording at an optical record carrier at least one session comprising an introductory portion, a primary data organizing system, a visually detectable image and a closure portion, and wherein the visually detectable image is applied between the primary data organizing system and the closure portion of said at least one session, and wherein the recording facility is further capable of recording at least a second session that is peripherally arranged with respect to the at least one session.