Patent attributes
A moving image reproducing apparatus for reproducing a moving image recorded on an optical disk includes a storage unit which stores a reproduction permissible level set with respect to a parental level and stores a reference level, a moving image reproducing unit which restricts reproduction of the moving image based on the reproduction permissible level, and a control unit which changes the reproduction permissible level. Preferably, when the reproduction permissible level is instructed to change to a level with restriction easier than the reference level and easier than the present reproduction permissible level, or when the reference level is instructed to change, the control unit requests to input a password, and when a particular input is done with respect to a body, the control unit changes the reproduction permissible level to a level with the hardest restriction.
