| 摘要 |
Provided are a content control device, a control method therefor, and a program, with which the usage of digital content can be controlled appropriately. This content control device (100) is equipped with: a storage unit (102) that stores, for each item of content, the provided quantity (which is the number of instances of the item of content which are being provided at a given point in time), and the providable quantity of that item of content; a provision determination unit (104) that, on the basis of the provided quantity and the providable quantity, determines whether target content can be provided to a candidate device that receives the provided target content; and a provision quantity management unit (106) that, when the target content is provided to the candidate device (12) in accordance with the determination result from the provision determination unit (104), adds to the provided quantity stored in relation to the target content. |
