At step S372, permission information about video data that are being
reproduced is obtained from permission information that represents
whether video data corresponding to encoded video data equal to or larger
than an access unit are permitted to be secondarily used. At step S373,
it is determined whether the video data that are being reproduced have
been permitted to be secondarily used corresponding to the permission
information. When it has been determined that the video data that are
being reproduced have been permitted to be secondarily used, at step
S376, the video data that are being reproduced are captured. At step
S381, a process using the captured video data is executed. The present
invention can be applied to for example a game device that uses a DVD.