INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, DRIVING DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE FOR MANAGING CHARGE FOR DISTRIBUTION, CONTENT SERVER DEVICE, AND INTERMEDIATION DEVICE

摘要

An information recording medium (1) comprises a content recordable area (34) in which a content at least partially distributed from a server device (3) to a client device (2) through a network (20) can be recorded by the driving device of the client device, a control information recordable area (33) in which control information used for reproducing the content from the content recordable area can be recorded by the driving device, and a characteristic information recorded area (32) in which characteristic information which includes medium identification information for identifying the information recording medium and medium authentication information for authenticating the information recording medium between the driving device and the server device is recorded in advance. This keeps the secrecy of data communicated between the driving device and the server device to prevent unfair recording behaviors.