A terminal device includes a transmission/reception unit that transmits, to a server device, information necessary for judgment as to whether to permit use of content. The server device includes a judgment unit that judges whether to permit the terminal device to use the content, based on terminal device management information set by a content provider, and the information necessary for the judgment and received from the terminal device. A notification data storage unit stores notifications to be presented to a user of the terminal device; and a transmission/reception unit transmits either information necessary for use of the content or one of the notifications according to a result of the judgment by the judgment unit.