INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

An information processing apparatus for recording information on an information recording medium is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a content cryptographic processor configured to generate encrypted content by executing encryption using a unit key associated with a content management unit that serves as a unit for controlling usage of content; a unit-key-file processor configured to generate a unit key file storing the unit key, and to encrypt the unit key file or constituent data of the unit key file using an encryption key that is generated using a seed whose value is updated in accordance with change in constituent data of unit keys included in the unit key file; and a data recorder configured to record the content management unit including the encrypted content as constituent data and the unit key file on the information recording medium according to a predetermined data recording format.