LITERARY WORK REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, LITERARY WORK DECODER, AND USER SPECIFIC INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a literary work reproduction system that can distribute and reproduce literary works without the need for a specific storage medium while protecting the copyright. SOLUTION: A coding literary work storage means 103 stores literary works that are coded in a way that the coded works can be decoded by using user specific information stored in a storage means 107. In order to reproduce the coded literary work, first connection means 105, 108 connect a literary work decoder 101 and a user specific information storage device 102. Then the user specific information stored in the storage means 107 is sent to a decoding means 104 via communication means 109, 106. Furthermore, the coded literary wok stored in the coded literary work storage means 103 is sent to the decoding means 104. The decoding means 104 receiving the user specific information and the coded literary work decodes the coded literary work to reproduce the literary work as a result of decoding.