An information processing apparatus handling a removable formation recording medium storing predetermined substance information and first license information concerning the information processing apparatus includes a storing part storing second license information concerning the removable information recording medium, a license checking part carrying out checking of license information with the use of at least one of the first license information and the second license information, and a substance information usage allowability control part controlling, based on a result of the checking carried out by the license checking part, allowability for usage of the predetermined substance information from the removable information recording medium.