I have tried to download several mp3's. I now have four songs, but it seems as though there are songs that do not exist in your records, even though they are popular. For example, *****....I have tried every search I could think of, but there is no listing of this song. It IS out there. Also, there are other songs I just can not download, like ****, by *****. I am constantly trying to download this one, but I get the message "awaiting other sources" OK...I'm sick and tired of waiting, so I guess that I'll go to another source, NOT Limewire.

Your records? Another source? LimeWire is not a source. Just curious, but where did you get the idea that LW is a source of mp3's? I've read that some sites get people to pay, and that they somehow use LW's software, but that's sounds pretty misleading.

LW, like other Peer to Peer (p2p) software, offers a way for users to share files for free. If you turn your radio on and noone is broadcasting, do you blame the radio? Think of the search like scanning for stations that were or maybe are broadcasting.

You do know that if you get the "awaiting sources" message, that LW is waiting for you to repeat the search, don't you? Sources that were offered once may not be online, may be busy sharing with others, or may have deleted the file. The list of results shows you what has been available in the past (I've had hits for files I deleted months ago).

BTW, the best source for music if you're tired of waiting is the store, or if you're lucky enough to have iTunes, you can get music really quick and cheap.

If you really want the RIAA to come knocking on your door, by all means broadcast on a public forum which precise tracks you have downloaded and, by doing so, violated copyright. Please use whatever little intelligence you were born with to promote your own interests.

And I echo Stief's comment that you have fundamentally misunderstood what Limewire is and how Gnutella applications work. Yet you have managed to make a post on a Gnutella forum so, go figure!