Server apparatus and information processing system

摘要

Provided is a server apparatus including a first payment-information transmitting and receiving unit and a copy-permission-information providing unit. The first payment-information transmitting and receiving unit transmits and receives, via a network with respect to an information processing apparatus capable of reproducing a medium for rental in which a content protected from copying is recorded, information about payment necessary for obtaining a copy permission of a content recorded in the medium. The copy-permission-information providing unit provides information of permitting copying of the content via the network to the information processing apparatus every time when the copy-permission-information providing unit confirms completion of the payment through the transmission and reception of the information about the payment with respect to the information processing apparatus of the user.