摘要 |
An information recording apparatus includes: means that obtains medium identifying information of an inserted information recording medium; means that obtains information regarding an allowable number of copies from a server 1, the allowable number of copies being associated with medium identifying information; means that caches content data of a digital content recorded in an information recording medium in a first storage section at preset timing; when receiving a copy request for the digital content recorded in the inserted information recording medium, means determines whether to perform a copy process based on the obtained information regarding the allowable number of copies, and, when determining to perform the copy process, the means copies the content data cached in the first storage section to an information recording medium as copy destination; means that sends, to the server, a result of the copy process by the copy process means; and means that abandons the content data cached in the first storage section if the information regarding the allowable number of copies on which the result of the copy process has been reflected represents that a next copy process is disallowed.
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