Information recording medium, recording apparatus, editing apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording method, editing method, and reproduction method

1. A recording apparatus for recording information on an information recording medium, wherein the information is one of an album content distributed by electronic distribution and information edited by a user, the recording apparatus comprising:

an obtaining section for obtaining the information;

a control section for identifying whether the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution or information edited by a user, and outputting identification information representing the identification result; and

a recording section for recording the information and the identification information on the information recording medium, wherein

the identification information has two values for identifying the type of the information, one representing the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution and the other representing the information is information edited by a user, and

the information identified as an album content distributed by electronic distribution has more restriction when being edited than the information identified as information edited by a user.

2. A recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information is one of audio information, still picture information, moving picture information, and text information.

3. An editing apparatus for editing information recorded on an information recording medium, wherein the information recording medium has, recorded thereon, identification information which indicates whether the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution or information edited by a user, the editing apparatus comprising:

a reading section for reading the identification information from the information recording medium; and

a control section for identifying whether the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution or information edited by a user, and editing the information in accordance with a restriction corresponding to the identification result, wherein

the identification information has two values for identifying the type of the information, one representing the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution and the other representing the information is information edited by a user, and

the information identified as an album content distributed by electronic distribution has more restriction when being edited than the information identified as information edited by a user.

4. An editing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the information is one of audio information, still picture information, moving picture information, and text information.

5. A recording method for recording information on an information recording medium, wherein the information is one of an album content distributed by electronic distribution and information edited by a user, the recording method comprising the steps of:

obtaining the information; identifying whether the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution or information edited by a user, and outputting identification information representing the identification result; and

recording the information and the identification information on the information recording medium recording medium, wherein

the identification information has two values for identifying the type of the information, one representing the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution and the other representing the information is information edited by a user, and the information identified as an album content distributed by electronic distribution has more restriction when being edited than the information identified as information edited by a user.

6. A recording method according to claim 5 , wherein the information is one of audio information, still picture information, moving picture information, and text information.

7. An editing method for editing information recorded on an information recording medium, wherein the information recording medium has, recorded thereon, identification information which indicates whether the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution or information edited by a user, the editing method comprising the steps of:

reading the identification information from the information recording medium; and

identifying whether the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution or information edited by a user, and editing the information in accordance with a restriction corresponding to the identification result, wherein

the identification information has two values for identifying the type of the information, one representing the information is an album content distributed by electronic distribution and the other representing the information is information edited by a user, and

the information identified as an album content distributed by electronic distribution has more restriction when being edited than the information identified as information edited by a user.

8. An editing method according to claim 7 , wherein the information is one of audio information, still picture information, moving picture information, and text information.