Abstract: A terminal for reproducing a digital content in support of transmitting/receiving the digital content to/from another terminal based on whether a terminal is registered in a domain and whether a terminal belongs to a person use scope such that the terminal belonging to the person use scope is not registered in the domain.

Abstract: A terminal for reproducing a digital content in support of transmitting/receiving the digital content to/from another terminal includes: an encryption unit configured to encrypt the digital content to produce encrypted digital content; a use scope determining unit configured to determine a use scope of a target terminal to which the digital content is to be transmitted; a personal-use authentication information generation unit configured to transform encryption information of the digital content according to a determination result of the use scope determining unit and generate personal-use authentication information; and a communication unit configured to transmit the encrypted digital content and the personal-use authentication information to the target terminal.