Recording medium with a linking area including scrambling data thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium

摘要

A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium including a data area including at least two data sections and a linking area to link neighboring data sections, the linking area including scrambled user data produced by scrambling user data with a scrambling key, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium.