Patent ID: 7480439

Claim:
A recording device for recording items of information onto a removable medium, the recording device comprising: a medium unit operable to have the removable medium placed therein; an obtaining unit operable to obtain information from an external source; a specifying unit operable to specify an item of information that is allowed to be recorded according to a data format of the removable medium placed in the medium unit, the item of information being allowed to be recorded based on a predefined recording admissibility of the item of information; and a recording unit operable to judge whether an item of the information obtained by the obtaining unit matches the item of information specified by the specifying unit, and record the obtained information onto (i) the removable medium placed in the medium unit when it is judged that the item of the information obtained by the obtaining unit does match the item of information specified by the specifying unit, and (ii) another medium when it is judged that the item of the information obtained by the obtaining unit does not match the item of information specified by the specifying unit.