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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2000
Junichi Aramaki, Chiba, JP;
Akira Ohba, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A reproduction apparatus for reproducing a program recorded on a recording medium by which use of a high speed dubbing function by a user exceeding a range of personal use can be suppressed to achieve protection of the copyright is disclosed. The reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction means for reproducing a program recorded on a recording medium, a time counting means for starting time counting in response to an operation of the reproduction means, a detection means for detecting information for identification of the recording medium or the program, a memory for storing the detected identification information corresponding to the time counting means, a comparison means for comparing the stored identification information and the detected identification information, and a control means for inhibiting, when the comparison means discriminates that the stored identification information and the detected identification information coincide with each other, the reproduction by the reproduction means of the program corresponding to the identification information until the time counting of the time counting means corresponding to the identification information reaches a predetermined time.