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No. Except for some “invite-only” channels, and provided you have not gotten yourself banned from a particular channel, all IRC channels are open to anyone who finds them. Chat rooms, on the other hand, are usually hosted by an online service like America Online or Prodigy, and are limited to members of that service.
