The present invention is concerned with a data management apparatus, in
which data recorded by dubbing from a CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio)
to a hard disc drive (HDD) (31) as a second recording medium are
supervised by a hard disc recording and/or reproducing unit (3), which
hard disc recording and/or reproducing unit (3) supervises the
identification information of the CD-DA to enable the supplementary
information to be obtained via communication means from a network server,
and in which the so produced supplementary information is automatically
registered in the hard disc recording and/or reproducing unit (3) to
permit the supplementary information, such as the name of music airs, to
be produced even in the absence of a user's input.