On Wed, 23 May 2007, Blu Aardvark wrote:
And of course the use of IRC quotes to discuss their content would qualify as fair use. But it's a bad idea. Those who are misusing IRC would continue to do so, but would simply move their discussions from open channels into more secluded channels. People, for whatever reason, don't like being held accountable for what they say on IRC.
Am I missing something here? People can be held accountable for doing things without reasons. If they continue the discussions in secluded channels, and then act on them, they are acting with no public reason, in effect with no reason at all. They can just be treated as acting with no reason.