To provide a receiving system allowing a person unfamiliar to the Internet to browse desired contents easily.

This receiving system is provided with a contents identifier display means displaying a contents identifier univocally specifying the contents placed on a network, a user transmission terminal device receiving input of the contents identifier from the user and transmitting it, a contents distribution server receiving the contents identifier from the user transmission terminal device, converting the contents identifier into an address of the contents for acquiring data of the contents, and transmitting them, and a user receipt terminal device receiving the data of the contents from the contents distribution server and displaying the contents.

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