I understand what you're saying - I think - that changing the name reduces the possabilities for swarm downloads - but I still rename most of my files because I don't like the crappy shorthand titles and I want to include the bit rate on the title - eg "****** @256.mp3"

yes - that ruins it (a bit) for swarming if originally it was :"*****.mp3" but when I monitor uploads (admitedly in shareaza more than LW) I see plenty of connections coming in and out as people who've partially uploaded the file with its more useful title connect (and yes I know the bit rate can be included elsewhere but its more convenient in the title when it comes to actually making up a playlist)

Cheers, bad_vlad