Posted by Adam on April 13, 2000 at 01:56:53: In Reply to: Re: OG chatrooms posted by Savant on September 06, 1999 at 17:00:02:
: : That's not completely correct. Some networks offer you to own the
: : channel as a server feature -- you only get operator status if you
: : authenticate yourself with a passwd.
: I disagree. The use of the word 'own' being used here. You can certainly
: 'own' a web-site name, but you can't 'own' an IRC channel name. You can have
: 'control' of it, but you can never 'own' it. Any company that says that you
: can 'own' an IRC channel is misleading you. IRC channels can no more be
: 'owned' than an IRC nickname can be owned. When you register a COM name with
: Internic, you 'own' that name for 2 years, until you renew. As long as you
: keep making renewal payments, you'll always have that name.
: With IRC channels that is not the case.
: There is always the possibility that you can lose a channel, regardless of
: any bots or server control. The chances are slim but they do exist. The
: bottom line is that channels are assigned on a first come first server basis,
: and if you don't keep the channel active at all times you'll lose it.
: Let's put it this way, if your server where your bot is went down completely,
: then someone could set up a bot on another server and take the name. Then
: when your server came back up you would be unable to create the channel, and
: thus you would no longer control it. The bottom line is that no matter what
: you do there is no 100% foolproof way to keep the channel to yourself. That
: is the point I am trying to make.
: : We have protected our IRCNet channel with a bot -- too many people
: : misunderstood the 'Girl' part of the channel name and annoyed the
: : chatters.
: Yeah, I can imagine that many people lookingh for 'cyber' would be attracted
: to any channel with 'girl' in the title.
: Regards,
: Savant