Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

EWeek has an article talking about a "coming collision" between RSS and PVRs for user content gathering. The trust kinda boils down to:

Of course, a better solution would be to integrate RSS and my PVR. Although the second Times article didn't close the loop on this, TiVo took a big step toward that future two days later, as foreshadowed (registration required) by John Markoff in, yes, The New York Times.

Bypassing the current gatekeepers, PVRs would now be able to download content directly over the Internet. Here's my favorite quote from the story: "In the new world of Internet-connected television, viewers will not have to worry about when a show is scheduled or from where it comes."

The thing is, the rise of integrating RSS into BitTorrent clients is already giving that functionality to those who are willing to walk the gray line. The damned fine and perhaps leading BitTorrent Client Azureus already includes the option to auto-suck based on filters applied to RSS feeds, and Lots of the new trackers include RSS exports as a feature. The only real thing missing to give you the full TiVo functionality is dynamically adding filters based on guesses of what you might want. Much like Napster before it, I think this is starting to demonstrate that people want to consume media in new and creative ways. It's sad that the "creative industries" can't innovate without having it shoved down their throat first.