| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a management method and apparatus for copyright protection of a program-on-demand, including a base station (50) which is a program seller, a copyright management system (10) contained in a personal computer (1) which is a program purchaser, and a telephone communication network or an Internet for mutually connecting the base station (50) with the copyright management system (10). A program purchasing request command is given from the copyright management system (10), and then a user identification number is requested by the base station (50). It is discriminated whether the user identification number input according to the program purchasing request command corresponds to the copyright management system (10) to be managed by the base station (50). If it is discriminated as a corresponding user identification number, the requested program is supplied together with the program use restriction contents, to control the program to be performed within the scope of the program use restriction contents and to protect the copyright of the program which is supplied via a communication network.
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