Patent ID: 8237939

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit capable of storing first image data, second image data and management information indicating at least information about an attribute of the second image data, wherein the second image data is related to the first image data and is in a format different from that of the first image data; a setting unit which makes a setting that restricts the operation on the first image data by adding license information to the first image data, wherein the license information is used to identify information which defines rights to perform an operation on the first image data; and a restricting unit which restricts an operation on the second image data by rewriting management information on second image data related to the first image data if the operation on the first image data is restricted by said setting unit, wherein said restricting unit comprises: an acquiring unit which acquires information on the operation restriction applied on the first image data; and an assigning unit which assigns attribute information based on the acquired information on the acquired operation restriction to the second image data, wherein said acquiring unit transmits license information on the first image data to a server connected to the information processing apparatus to receive information on the operation restriction applied on the first image data sent from the server.