Information reproducing apparatus and method, and computer program

Information information reproducing apparatus (200) comprising a first recording layer in which the first medium region information (110) is assigned (L0), a second recording layer in which the second medium region information (120) is assigned a (L1) reproducing means for reproducing the record information recorded on the recording medium (100) and (202,205,206), and storing means for storing apparatus region information (230) (209), apparatus region information and the first medium region information If the bets do not match, if a determination unit configured to determine whether the second medium region information and the device region information matches (207), and the apparatus region information and the second medium region information matches, the second and control means (207) for controlling the reproducing device to reproduce the record information recorded in the recording layer of the.