Software ownership validation of optical discs using secondary device

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a first device, a request to access electronic content associated with physical media, wherein the physical media is not comprised by the first device;
• querying a local network of the first device to identify a second device capable of validating ownership of the electronic content, wherein the second device comprises the physical media;
• receiving, from the second device, a validation data object, wherein the validation data object provides validation of ownership of the electronic content;
• and
• using, by the first device, the validation data object to access the electronic content.

A first video gaming device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform a method comprising:
• receiving a request to access electronic content associated with physical media, wherein the physical media is not comprised by the first video gaming device;
• querying a local network of the first video gaming device to identify a second video gaming device capable of validating ownership of the electronic content;
• receiving, from the second video gaming device, a validation of the ownership of the electronic content;
• and
• using, by the first device, the validation to access the electronic content.