metadata regarding program content is created by monitoring a manner in which a first rendering of the program content is affected by a user whereupon the metadata will include data which defines one or more segments within the program content . the data within the metadata is then usable during a second rendering of the program content to inhibit , e . g ., advance over during playing or omit during copying , the rendering of the one or more segments within the program content defined by the data within the metadata .