METHOD FOR SELLING CONTENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform satisfactory selling without being limited by a special environment or the like. SOLUTION: A distributed recording medium 1 is mounted on a reproducing device 2 so that contents recorded in the recording medium 1 can be reproduced. Furthermore, a monitor device 3 for displaying a reproduced image is connected to the reproducing device 2 and the reproduction display of video contents can be performed. Also, a controller 4 is connected through a wire or wirelessly to the reproducing device 2 and the start or stop of the reproduction of the contents recorded in the recording medium 1 can be controlled, and the movement of a cursor on a picture displayed on the monitor device 3 can be controlled. A communication line 5, for a instance, is connected to the reproducing device 2, and connected through a so called provider 6 to a computer network 7 such as the Internet. Then, the connection through the computer network 7 to the site of an arbitrary authentification server 8 or a charging server 9 or the like is performed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO