1. A method for rights protection of an instance of media content in a hybrid downloading and streaming media environment, the method comprising: communicating a request from a device to download an instance of media content, the instance being an instance of video; verifying the device is authorized to receive and execute the instance of media content; streaming the instance of media content, wherein the instance of media content comprises storable data and interspersed, non-storable authorization information the storable data including independent frames of video and dependent frames of video, and the authorization information including dependent frames of video; attempting subsequent execution of the instance of media content; communicating a subsequent request for the authorization information in order for the device to execute the instance of media content; and streaming only the authorization information for the subsequent request.