Like LW, SoulSeek allows you to browse files of the user you are DL/UL from. This is a nice feature and you can see who shares and who doesn’t. If a freeloader comes along and is getting 1-2 files I let it go—otherwise you will be spending the majority of your time micro-managing your UL’s. If a freeloader is trying to DL my entire music catalog I will query as to why they don’t share—if they are new, I let that go because hey—we were all new at one time. I actually had a guy say that he wouldn’t share his files because I had less than 1000 files to share (what a snob (insert your favorite word)). Anyway, if I don’t get a response or the user says they don’t share then I ban them. When it comes to UL speeds I try to be patient because not everyone has Cable/DSL. If you really want that special file and the source has a Jurassic Modem well you just have to be patient. Like PizzaGirl, I will boost to the max when possible especially if someone has either shared a lot with me or they are DL a lot of files. In that case I’ll kick it up a notch—throw some cayenne on there baby! As to Freeloaders logic for not sharing—the argument holds no H2O (that’s water for all you non-chemistry types) with me. Following your freeloader logic you shouldn’t be RECEIVING any files either. Following your logic, what makes you think THE MAN won’t get you for taking the file and using that keygen to force it to work? It would be refreshing for a freeloader to just be honest and say, “Hey, I’m a taker. I go through life taking and using and don’t give back.” I realize there are varying degrees of paranoia but I think the current “administration” has enough to worry about without wondering where you got that video from. But if you don’t want to take my word for it I have outlined some ideas to make you feel more comfortable so you can share. First, buy some bandwidth on WESTCOM or SATSURV satellites (both are better). Buy 10-20 monitors so you can set the zoom features to include your: home, street, neighborhood, city, state, country. That way you can see THE MAN coming. Second, install elaborate safe rooms, tunnels and plenty of false doors, walls, and access panels, to confuse THE MAN should he get past the security guard you hired to monitor all your SAT feeds. I would also install industrial IR trip wires at all doors and windows. Third, buy several restaurant quality toasters so that you can melt your CD/DVD-R’s before the man gets to them. You will also need 5-6 industrial 20 pound magnets to wipe your floppies with. Install a fast access panel on the front of your CPU so you can pull your HD and put it the industrial hydraulic press you installed next to your computer. Also, customize your battery backup supply with a reverse polarity switch so that you can fry your motherboard by reversing the 800 watt flow. Most importantly make sure you wear a hood and dark glasses (a fake beard – even for the ladies is further advised), because we all know THE MAN can see you through your monitor. I would go down to the local shipyard and buy a million candle-watt searchlight off a decommissioned battleship to periodically shine into your monitor to temporarily blind THE MAN when he is spying on you. Since he can also record all your keystrokes you will need to install a key switch program that encrypts your input. I think they are still selling the enigma machine plans (I’ll get back to you on that). Once all this is in place you should feel very comfortable indeed in sharing your files. Best of luck