WRITE-ONCE RECORDING MEDIUM PRESERVING DATA-RECORDING STATUS, METHOD OF PRESERVING DATA-RECORDING STATUS OF A WRITE-ONCE RECORDING MEDIUM, MEDIUM INCLUDING COMPUTER READABLE CODE FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR

摘要

AN APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING A RECORDING MEDIUM (100) HAVING A RECORDED DEFECT MANAGEMENT AREA. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A PICKUP (10) READING DATA FROM A RECORDING MEDIUM AND A CONTROLLER (25) CONTROLLING THE PICKUP TO READ DATA ON THE RECORDING MEDIUM AND DETERMINING WHETHER THE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINS PREDETERMINED DATA, RECORDED IN RESPONSE TO A FINALIZATION COMMAND, TO PREVENT RECORDING WITH RESPECT TO THE RECORDING MEDIUM. THE CONTROLLER (25) DETERMINES WHETHER AN AREA OF A TEMPORARY DEFECT MANAGEMENT AREA NOT HAVING DEFECT MANAGEMENT DATA INCLUDES THE PREDETERMINED DATA BY CHECKING WHETHER THE TEMPORARY DEFECT MANAGEMENT DATA IS FILLED WITH REPETITIONS OF A PREDETERMINED VALUE.