A method comprising: maintaining a content store in each of multiple devices in a managed wireless distribution network that allows portions of protected content to be transferred among the multiple devices via multiple wireless networks hosted by various ones of the multiple devices, wherein the content store of each device is configured to maintain portions of protected content that can be consumed by a user of a device of the multiple devices only if the user of the device is licensed to consume the protected content; providing , by a device of the multiple devices, to each of a first set of the multiple devices, an indication of portions of protected content stored in the content store of the device of the multiple devices in one or more of the multiple wireless networks; receiving at the device of the multiple devices, a catalog from another one or more of the multiple devices, which are not in the first set of the devices, identifying portions of protected content that the other one or more devices host; providing, by the device of the multiple devices, to each of the first set of the multiple devices, an indication of the portions of protected content that the other one or more devices of the multiple devices host; and allowing protected content to be transferred to each of the first set of the multiple devices via one or more of the multiple wireless networks from the other one or more devices by determining by each of the first set of the multiple devices which portions of which protected content are hosted on which devices using the received indications to thereby reduce data usage over an Internet connection. maintaining a content store in each of multiple devices in a managed wireless distribution network that allows portions of protected content to be transferred among the multiple devices via multiple wireless networks hosted by various ones of the multiple devices, wherein the content store of each device is configured to maintain portions of protected content that can be consumed by a user of a device of the multiple devices only if the user of the device is licensed to consume the protected content; providing , by a device of the multiple devices, to each of a first set of the multiple devices, an indication of portions of protected content stored in the content store of the device of the multiple devices in one or more of the multiple wireless networks; receiving at the device of the multiple devices, a catalog from another one or more of the multiple devices, which are not in the first set of the devices, identifying portions of protected content that the other one or more devices host; providing, by the device of the multiple devices, to each of the first set of the multiple devices, an indication of the portions of protected content that the other one or more devices of the multiple devices host; and allowing protected content to be transferred to each of the first set of the multiple devices via one or more of the multiple wireless networks from the other one or more devices by determining by each of the first set of the multiple devices which portions of which protected content are hosted on which devices using the received indications to thereby reduce data usage over an Internet connection. <EOS>