The patent system collects all this information and will be very useful in the future. Unless we've transcended humanity.

Two, actually... pcHDTV 3000 or Air2PC. Both work with (slightly tweaked) MythTV, Neither recognizes the broadcast flag, both cost around $170US... pcHDTV is in stock at the moment, Air2PC handles unencrypted QAM (yeah, right) from cable boxes...

Not to mention that dead customers no longer pay their fees (:
Your link is broken (due to a space), here it is repaired:

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/09/10785 94344830.html

It requires a quick registration with email address, nothing special.
Very funny story, considering he probably died happy (: