Copy protection apparatus and information recording medium used in this copy protection apparatus
US6301663A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2201/0064
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention protects the unauthorized copy of multimedia data, recorded on an information recording medium, by using electronic watermark information and key information. The electronic watermark information embedded in the multimedia data is extracted by an electronic watermark extraction unit on the decryption system side. A disk key is obtained using the electronic watermark information and a part master key. The multimedia data is decrypted using the resultant disk key.
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