An editing apparatus wherein the editing of content is controlled according to
its supply source. Identification information for identifying a content supply
source is recorded in a recording medium in correspondence with the content supplied
from the content supply source and recorded in the recording medium. When editing
of the content is requested by a user, the identification information corresponding
to that content is checked. According to the content supply source identified by
the identification information, the editing of the content is enabled or disabled.
