Multi-media (MM) information are flexibly reproduced, edited, processed and re-transmitted in conformity with users' needs. A plurality of elements of MM information are distributed, stored and used via a control terminal (4) for distributing and controlling information between a transmission terminal (1) and a reception terminal (2). MM information are stored in a package and distributed. MM information has container information for identifying MM information as one unit, content information constituted of media information itself, and behavior information for manipulating content information. MM information are accumulated and distributed after being compressed, and used after being developed (decompressed). A user obtains (111) an MM information list from a reception terminal (2) after going through user registration confirmation and user service confirmation (101-109) by means of a transmission terminal (1) and a control terminal (4), makes retrieval or edit/process request (113) using the obtained MM information, and, if a usage qualification condition is met (115-125), receives (129) MM information from a transmission terminal (1) to complete processing (131, 133).