Patent ID: 8599665

Claim:
An information storage medium comprising: at least three recording layers, wherein each recording layer comprises an inner circumference zone and a data zone, each of the at least three recording layers comprises a temporary disc management area (TDMA), in the inner circumference zone, for recording information about a defect that is detected in the data zone, the at least three recording layers comprise a first recording layer which is arranged nearest to a pickup, a third recording layer which is arranged farthest from the pickup, and a second recording layer that is arranged between the first recording layer and the third recording layer, and a size of a TDMA allocated on the inner circumference zone of the first recording layer is smaller than a size of a TDMA allocated on the inner circumference zone of the second recording layer, and the size of the TDMA allocated on the inner circumference zone of the second recording layer is smaller than a size of a TDMA allocated on the inner circumference zone of the third recording layer.