Patent 7289721 was granted and assigned to Hitachi on October, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A data reproduction method and apparatus includes first circuitry to produce an information signal from a storage medium. The information signal includes copy control information. Detection circuitry is provided to detect the copy control information. Control circuitry is provided to operate the first circuitry to selectively output the information signal based on the detection result of the detection circuitry.