Rent component, program, and rent component method

Disclosed herein is a rent component for renting a license describing a usage rule of the content between storage components (11, 12) that store the license (307) in storages, the rent component (24) including a receiving section for receiving a license (307) from the first storage component (11) that stores the license (307) in the first storage (11), an analyzing section for evaluating the license (307) to allow or prohibit rent of the license, a license creating section for creating a rent license (308) on the basis of the license (307) in the first storage component (11) if rent of the license is allowed, and a transferring section for transferring the rent license (308) to the second storage component (12) that stores the license in the second storage (12).