A data processing device, such as a television set top box, receives
user-selected content data from a remote source over a network in
response to user initiated content selection information. The data
processing device stores the user-selected content data (e.g., readable
or playable content data such as movies, text, audio, etc.) in an
appropriate storage location of the data processing device. The data
processing device enables a user to access only a portion of the
user-selected content data stored therein. If the user forgoes a right to
selectively retrieve certain content data, the data processing device
enables user access to other user-selected content data in the storage
location. Thus, if a user experiences a "change in heart," the user may
forgo a right to play back certain content data for a right to
selectively retrieve different portions of user-selected content data in
the data processing device.