The copy control information deciding apparatus includes: a thumbnail
obtaining unit 9 which obtains plural pieces of individual control
information which are respective pieces of copy control information of
plural scaled-down images which are displayed in a menu simultaneously; a
copy control information deciding unit 11 which decides a piece of
representative control information which is a piece of the copy control
information of a menu display image in which the plural scaled-down
images are displayed as a menu; and an output unit 14 which outputs the
piece of representative control information decided by the copy control
information deciding unit 11, in relation to the menu display image.