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Copy protection apparatus and information recording medium used in this copy protection apparatus

US6438692B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2001
Grant dateAug 20, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2021

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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