Patent ID: 8065416

Claim:
A playlist composition apparatus, comprising: a playlist acquisition component executed on a processor that acquires a playlist including a plurality of view segments of contents for a user, each view segment indicating a start position and an end position in the contents; a copyright information acquisition component that acquires copyright information of a copywriter of the contents from a copyright management apparatus via a network, the copyright information including connection information and ordered information, the connection information including at least one of a continuous connection that two view segments are continuously played, and an ordered connection that two view segments are played in a predetermined order, the ordered information including at least one of a compulsion that another view segment is to be played when one view segment is played, and a prohibition that another view segment is prohibited to play when one view segment is played; a view right information acquisition component that acquires view right information of the user, the view right information describing the user's right to view the contents; and a viewable playlist composition component that selects at least one of the connection information and the ordered information to match with the view right information, and to compose a viewable playlist by editing the playlist, the viewable playlist being restricted by the at least one selected.