A method for handling user-specific information for content during content-altering operations, the method comprising: storing an instance of playable content in at least one non-transitory storage medium of an electronic device; associating (205, 208), utilizing at least one processing unit of the electronic device, user-specific information with the stored instance of playable content, wherein the user-specific information is received from a plurality of different users, and storing the user-specific information in the at least one non-transitory storage medium of the electronic device; receiving, utilizing the at least one processing unit, a request from one of the plurality of users to transfer the instance of playable content from the non-transitory storage medium to a secondary storage device, wherein the secondary storage device is a storage device other than the non-transitory storage medium; determining, utilizing the at least one processing unit, that the instance of playable content to be transferred is associated with user-specific information for a plurality of users; requesting, utilizing the at least one processing unit, identification of which user of the plurality of users requested the transfer; accessing the instance of playable content at the electronic device, and transferring a copy of the instance of playable content to the secondary storage device; accessing the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the identified user, and transferring the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the identified user to the secondary storage device with the association between the identified user and the instance of playable content; deleting in the non-transitory storage medium the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the identified user; and maintaining in the non-transitory storage medium the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the plurality of users other than the identified user at the electronic device. storing an instance of playable content in at least one non-transitory storage medium of an electronic device; associating (205, 208), utilizing at least one processing unit of the electronic device, user-specific information with the stored instance of playable content, wherein the user-specific information is received from a plurality of different users, and storing the user-specific information in the at least one non-transitory storage medium of the electronic device; receiving, utilizing the at least one processing unit, a request from one of the plurality of users to transfer the instance of playable content from the non-transitory storage medium to a secondary storage device, wherein the secondary storage device is a storage device other than the non-transitory storage medium; determining, utilizing the at least one processing unit, that the instance of playable content to be transferred is associated with user-specific information for a plurality of users; requesting, utilizing the at least one processing unit, identification of which user of the plurality of users requested the transfer; accessing the instance of playable content at the electronic device, and transferring a copy of the instance of playable content to the secondary storage device; accessing the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the identified user, and transferring the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the identified user to the secondary storage device with the association between the identified user and the instance of playable content; deleting in the non-transitory storage medium the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the identified user; and maintaining in the non-transitory storage medium the user-specific information for the instance of playable content for the plurality of users other than the identified user at the electronic device.