More paranoia (Score 1)

Considering most IRC servers are based in universities and other publically funded institutions, this report is upsetting: someone looking to cut budgets can easily use this as grist to further cut down IRC, and I'm sure somewhere out there some bored RIAA and MS goons are just looking for more targets in their copyright reign of terror. Keep in mind that the only other time IRC made the news was when DALNet was under attack. The fact that the report gives a heavily slanted view of IRC usage has already been mentioned...but try explaining this to a public that has little clue what IRC is...