Apparatus and method of recording audio and video signal

Abstract

Auxiliary data carried by a video signal which is now being broadcast is detected to decide whether or not the video signal is protected from recording by copyright. The video signal is recorded on a storage medium when it is not protected from recording. On the other hand, a predetermined information is recorded on the storage medium when the video signal is protected from recording. The information suggests that the video signal has not been recorded due to copyright protection. Either the video signal or the predetermined information is retrieved from the storage medium and displayed on a monitor screen when retrieved from the storage medium.

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         7 . A recording apparatus comprising: 
 a recording preset unit to preset recording of a video signal;    a detector to detect auxiliary data carried by at least a video signal which is now being broadcast to decide whether or not the video signal is protected from recording; and    a memory to store a predetermined information suggesting that the video signal has not been recorded,    wherein the predetermined information stored in the memory is output to a monitor screen or a speaker when the recording has been preset and there is an attempt to reproduce the video signal detected by the detector as being protected from recording.    
     
     
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         11 . A recording method comprising: 
 presetting recording of a video signal; and    detecting auxiliary data carried by at least a video signal which is now being broadcast to decide whether or not the video signal is protected from recording,    wherein a predetermined information stored in a memory and suggesting that the video signal has not been recorded is output to a monitor screen or a speaker when the recording has been preset and there is an attempt to reproduce the video signal detected as being protected from recording.