INFORMATION RECORD MEDIUM, DEVICE FOR RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCTION OF DATA IN AND/OR FROM INFORMATION RECORD MEDIUM, METHOD FOR RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCTION OF DATA IN AND/OR FROM INFORMATION RECORD MEDIUM AND MACHINE-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM, WHERE PROGRAM IS STORED FOR METHOD REALISATION Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC G11B7/07 

FIELD: information technologies.

SUBSTANCE: medium contains area of compatibility information for storage of compatibility information, which indicates whether each of multiple areas in information medium of recorded and/or reproduced record, and area of defects control for storage of protection information from record, which indicates whether recorded area in information record medium is write-protected. Besides each of mentioned multiple areas of information record medium is write-protected in case if at least one of compatibility information and write-protection information indicates that data recording on information record medium is prohibited.

EFFECT: provision of information medium and readout device compatibility.

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