INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM WHERE PROGRAM FOR CHARGING AND USING CONTENT AND PROGRAM-LOADED DEVICE

摘要

A program provided in a user terminal for charging the user for use of a content when it is used. The on-use charging program comprises attribute information detecting means for detecting attribute information for controlling use of a content, attribute information interpreting means, decoding means for decoding the content according to the interpreted attribute information, and data control means for controlling output and use and processing data so as to charge the user when the content is outputted and used. The program is for charging the user for the content when it is used by performing a step of authenticating the user so that the user uses the content and is charged for the use, a content acquiring step of acquiring the content by downloading the content in a user terminal, a use information designating step of allowing the user to designate use information on the content, a step of detecting attribute information concerning control of use of the content and included in the content, and a step of authenticating the charging for a use request according to the use information when the body of the content is used and decoding the body of the content according to the use information when the content is used so as to allow the user to use the content.