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Blog Torrent and TiVo for the Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Chris Holland writes "On the heels of the recent launch of the preview release of Downhill Battle's Blog Torrent, Nicholas Reville further articulates his vision of a "TiVo for the Internet" in an interview by James Enck for The Broadband Daily. Nicholas touches on the P2P promise, various players, revenue models, and the healthy challenges coming Big Media's way."

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  1. This is already being done by digThisXL · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's called ReplayTV + Poopli

    ReplayTV DVR: http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/replaytv/default. asp

    Poopli Recordings Free Swapping Service: http://www.poopli.com

  2. Karma whore, comin' thru! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    mirror here

  3. Up next... by TheFlyingGoat · · Score: 5, Funny

    - refridgerator for the Internet
    - shoehorn for the Internet
    - cable box for the Internet
    - "Pure Funk" cd for the Internet

    A Tivo for the Internet is about as useful as the above. Use your browser cache, IM history, email storage options, etc.

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  4. Already there by The+Ape+With+No+Name · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You should see what Micah Beck is doing with IBP. Can anyone say "Distributed PVR?"

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  5. My mom the haxx0r by Big+Yak · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm continually suprised at how many people are jumping on the .torrent and eMule bandwagon. Over Thanksgiving, my mother (not a techno-elite) told me that she had a secret... and was pirating Audio Books off the internet using such tools. It completely blew my mind that my mom though of herself as a "hacker" and loved the idea.
    What ever happened to the days when my family couldn't even understand the basics of web pages? I guess that when the tools are so incredibly useful, and so easy to install/operate, it quickly becomes a prevalent technology.

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    -Hell hath no fury like that of a woman scorned for /.
  6. slashdotted but link on mirrordot by randalx · · Score: 5, Informative

    The site seems to be slashdotted. you can still read the article here.

    This mirrordot.org site seems to be doing the trick really well. Is this sanctioned by Slashdot? Anybody know if slashdotted sites are okay with this. Just wondering as I haven't seen a discussion on this service yet.

  7. 1 comment and /.ed by JemalCole · · Score: 5, Funny

    No google cache of this one - whoese browser cache can we use as a tivo for this web page?

  8. Re:tivo for the internet, and blog torrent by IgnoramusMaximus · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yes, but everybody else probably realises that downloading TV shows via bittorrent is theft, no different than stealing someones purse on the street, do you do that as well?

    Bah, humbug.

    In a regular purse-snatching, you get to have a purse, the wallet within with the pention money, a set of dentures and some arthritis medications and of course you get to leave the old lady in tears on the sidewalk (bonus points for knocking the walker over). In the bittorrent "purse snatching" you get no such benefits. You get the purse and for some strange reason the lady gets to keep it too. Where is the fun for us villanious thieves in this?