Data reproducing apparatus and method
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SONY CORP
- Publication Date
- 2003-08-27
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to a signal playback control technology for a medium containing digital watermark information including copy control information for preventing illegal copying. Background technique
[0002] Recently, recording media such as DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) can record a large amount of video information as digital data, and, for example, video information corresponding to one movie can be recorded on a single recording medium. With the ability to record information such as video information as digital information, it has become increasingly important to provide copyright holders with techniques to prevent illegal copying.
[0003] A technique for preventing illegal copying of video information has been disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-155125. In the technology disclosed in this publication number, when the copy control information discriminated from the digital watermark inf...