Patent ID: 7672568

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording data onto a recording medium, comprising: discrimination means for discriminating a type of the recording medium and a rate of recording the data to the recording medium to be used; and control means for: selecting, based on the discriminated type of recording medium, whether to record the data onto the recording medium, when the data is to be recorded onto the recording medium, selecting, based on the discriminated rate of recording, a copy control method to be used to record the data onto the recording medium, and recording the data onto the recording medium in accordance with the selected copy control method, wherein the control means: selects a more restrictive copy control method that includes recording onto the recording medium, along with the data, information indicating when to permit copying of the data and when to inhibit copying of the data, when a higher rate of recording is to be used, and selects a less restrictive copy control system that includes recording onto the recording medium, along with the data, information indicating when to permit copying of the data from the recording medium and when to inhibit copying of the data from the recording medium, when a lower rate of recording is to be used.