Local rendering in lieu of streaming

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a first computing device, wherein, when executed, the program causes the first computing device to at least:

• stream, via the first computing device, a plurality of media content items to a plurality of second computing devices;
• determine, via the first computing device, that a copy of a particular media content item of the plurality of media content items is locally accessible to a particular second computing device of the plurality of second computing devices for rendering on the particular second computing device;
• send, via the first computing device, a directive to the particular second computing device to render the copy of the particular media content item in response to determining that the copy of the particular media content item is locally accessible to the particular second computing device;
• obtain, via the first computing device, from the particular second computing device a license to share the particular media content item for streaming to a predefined number of the plurality of second computing devices when the copy of the particular media content item is locally accessible to the particular second computing device and the particular second computing device has the license;
• and
• apply, via the first computing device, the license to stream the particular media content item to at least another one of the plurality of second computing devices based at least in part on the predefined number.

A method, comprising:

• streaming, via a first computing device, a plurality of media content items to a plurality of second computing devices;
• determining, via the first computing device, that a copy of a particular media content item of the plurality of media content items is locally accessible to a particular second computing device of the plurality of second computing devices for rendering on the particular second computing device;
• determining, via the first computing device, that the particular second computing device has a license to share the particular media content item for streaming to a predefined number of other computing devices in response to determining that the copy of the particular media content item is locally accessible to the particular second computing device;
• obtaining, via the first computing device, the license to share the particular media content item from the particular second computing device;
• and
• applying, via the first computing device, the license to stream the particular media content item to at least another one of the plurality of second computing devices.