ES2249952A1 - Recordable compact disc of limited use, has recording surface beside tracks containing product data, in which recorded data in first recording session is prevented from being reproduced when data are recorded in other sessions in disc - Google Patents

Abstract

The compact disc has a recording surface formed beside the tracks containing product data for recording any type of data such as audio and video data. Data can be recorded in several sessions in the compact disc. The data, recorded in the first session, are prevented from being reproduced using a conventional audio and video equipment when several succeeding recording sessions are done on the compact disc. An independent claim is also included for the method for limit the use of the recordable compact disc.

Description

Limited-use recordable compact disc and method to limit its use.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to compact disc Limited use recordable and method to limit the use of it.

Background of the invention

As it is known today it is a practice usual the use of blank compact discs (CD's) for perform the recording of files, both data and music and / or Of video.

The blank compact discs in the market, comprise a surface that allows the digital recording, using recorders connected to computers personal or integrated in other electronic devices intended for this purpose, for storage and subsequent reproduction.

These recordable compact discs include, from origin, on the aforementioned recordable surface a pre-track that may contain data referring to product (serial number, date, manufacturer code, etc.), can be done later and by the buyer or Virgin disk user recording digital information in successive sessions.

The problem that arises is that the user or Buyer of recordable compact disc can perform recording in the same copies of music and / or video from which rights derive author, either copying an original disc or downloading them from Internet.

Once the compact disc has been recorded, it can reproduce on those conventional equipment used at the level domestic.

This use or use of compact discs recordable, can also constitute a violation of the rights of author, supposes significant economic losses for record industries that are noticeably diminished the sales of original records.

Description of the invention

To solve the exposed problem has been devised a recordable compact disc that has characteristics oriented to allow the recording of information in it, preventing, however, the reproduction of audio and / or video in equipment of conventional music, strings being understood as such musicals used domestically, disc players compact audio (CD) and video (DVD). In this invention It also includes the method used to limit or restrict the use of the mentioned recordable compact discs.

The particularity of the compact disc object of This invention is that on the recordable surface includes, a first session recorded at source and in a format not readable for Conventional players

This first session recorded by techniques conventional, however allows the user or buyer of the limited recordable disc can add any type of information you want (adding new recording sessions) to be subsequently reproduced on a personal computer or computer computer equipped with a compact disc reader, since these teams have the ability to read compact discs with More than one recorded session. However, when trying to reproduce the information recorded on a home audio or video player, this, lacking such capacity, since they are only limited to recognize audio and video formats standardized by manufacturers in a single session, you will access only to the session held at the source and may not reproduce where appropriate the audio and / or video recorded by the user.

This prevents the compact disc recordable object of this invention can be used to record fraudulently audio and / or video and be marketed, also fraudulently, to those potential buyers who have the intention to access data through players conventional.

The first track recorded in origin, that is, prior to distribution and commercialization, may include identification data of the manufacturer or the disk distributor, as well as some kind of audio and / or message video. In which case such data is recorded in a format of audio and / or video, when the user tries to play the files that you have subsequently recorded on the CD, you will only access the message recorded, in origin, in the mentioned first track.

Once the nature of the invention, it is noted the appropriate effects that in the same the appropriate modifications can be introduced, provided that no suppose an alteration of the essential characteristics of the invention claimed below.

Claims (3)

1. Limited-use recordable compact disc; of the type that comprise a surface suitable for digital recording, storage and subsequent reproduction of digital files; said surface including a pre-recorded track with data concerning the product; characterized in that said surface includes a first session recorded at source, with any type of content, to prevent reproduction by conventional audio and / or video player equipment of those tracks subsequently recorded by the user in new sessions. 2. The recordable compact disc of limited use according to claim 1, characterized in that the first session recorded at source may include digital data identifying the manufacturer or distributor of the disc. 3. Method for limiting the use of the recordable compact disc of the preceding claims; characterized in that it contemplates the recording in origin, in the first session of the disc, of a digital file of any type, to prevent the reproduction by means of conventional audio and / or video reproductive equipment of those sessions subsequently recorded by the user.