INFORMATION RECORDING CARRIER, RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD WITH WRITE PROTECT FUNCTIONS

摘要

FIELD: information technology. ^ SUBSTANCE: information recording carrier has a first domain with write protect information for preventing recording of data onto the carrier. The carrier also has a second domain, with a status information field, which includes information on the status of the first domain. Recording the status information field for refreshing the status information of the first domain into the second domain is allowed, even when the write protection is enabled for preventing recording data into the information carrier as a whole. ^ EFFECT: wider range and increased efficiency of using the device. ^ 18 cl, 7 dwg