What does TIVO mean ?

TIVO refers to a brand of digital video recorder. It allows people to record TV programmes on a hard disk storage to view it later. It is based on an independent database (not linked to the satellite or cable offers). It offers many different possibilities: recording a show and watch another at the same time, scheduling TV programme recordings according to different combinations (actors, directors,...), recording the whole season of a TV programme,... Above all, it allow consumers to make their own television programme.
But in that case, nobody questions about the intellectual property. I mean you can record a movie, for example, so this is a copy and you don't pay for it. So for me, the question of intellectual property protection is really linked to lobbies' activity.