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Method and apparatus for controlling digital copying of digitally recorded information

US5764607A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 1996
Grant dateJun 9, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2545
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information recording and reproduction apparatus uses a recording medium that contains information which prohibits digital copying. A reproduction section reproduces the desired informatiion stored on a first recording medium. A recording section records the reproduced output at a desired position on a second recording medium. However, an erasing section erases the information from the first recording medium during the process of recording that information on the second recording medium. The first and/or second recording medium cannot be removed from the information recording and reproduction apparatus until the erasing operation is completed.

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