METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING PROTECTED DATA

摘要

Consumers of content protected multimedia data, such as e.g. commercially available video DVDs, want to take backup copies of these data, and want to be free to play the data on any suitable playback device, while content providers want to protect these data against pirate copying. The disclosed method for accessing application data from a first storage medium (MC), e.g. CD, uses an electronic key for decoding or converting the application data. One or more content identifiers are attached to the application data or the first storage medium (MC). The key is stored on a copy-protected separate second storage medium, e.g. RFID tag, and compared with the content identifier. Playback or format conversion of the application data is only possible when the second storage medium (MID) is available. This allows the application data to be copied, distributed or format converted, while simultaneously preserving the content rights of the data because only one copy can be used at a time.