Method and apparatus for processing data

摘要

A recording apparatus for facilitating content erasure operations involving content recorded on a recording medium. Each piece of content recorded on the recording medium may be examined to determine whether it is rerecordable or non-rerecordable. When content erasure is requested, erasure processing may be controlled in accordance with the result of the determination. For example, original content based on data captured by a microphone or a camera (namely, non-rerecordable content) may not be erased (without specific approval by the user). Conversely, rerecordable content copied from another recording medium such as a CD may be erased.