In setting the conditions that apply to IM, the FCC was concerned that AOL Time Warner could use Time Warner's cable networks to extend its current dominance in text-based IMinto new "advanced" IM services that will include multimedia components such as video conferencing.
When I first started getting into the IM enhancement market I was amazed to find a plethora of services offering centralized logging, none of which actually provided any value to the people whose messages were being logged!