An object of the invention is to provide a transmitting system of which
data is difficult to be tapped and which is suitable for flexibly
determining a watching and listening fee. In order to achieve the object,
there is provided a combination of a transmitting method comprising steps
of, transmitting encoded data which has been encoded, to a receiving
side, changing the encoding in a predetermined unit, and performing
recording according to requirement, from the receiving side of
information concerning decoding of the encoded data, and a receiving
method comprising steps of, receiving the encoded data which has been
encoded, from a transmitting side, requiring the information concerning
the decoding of the encoded data, to the transmitting side, and decoding
the encoded data by using the obtained information concerning the
decoding.