In an information processing system having a plurality of information processing
apparatuses connected through a network, at least one of the plurality of information
processing apparatuses can add first additional information to input information
as an electronic watermark using a first adding method, and can add second additional
information to the input information as an electronic watermark using a second
adding method. The first adding method has a higher robustness than the second
adding method, and the first additional information can be used for identifying
the second adding method.