Network system for distributing protected content

A network device includes a content requesting interface for adding desired selected content to a queue associated with a remote content provider. Memory stores received selected content that is received from the remote content provider. A network interface provides at least one of usage and storage status data relating to the received selected content stored in the memory to the remote content provider, receives additional ones of the desired selected content in the queue from the remote content provider based on the at least one of the usage and the storage status data of the received selected content in the memory, and stores the desired selected content received from the remote content provider as the received selected content in the memory. The storage status includes at least one of a hidden status, an erased status, and an amount of the received selected content stored in the memory.