Leechnet: the porn Napster

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Posted in Bootnotes, 29th November 2000 16:57 GMT

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Well, it had to happen. Following on from Napster's infamy and enormous popularity, welcome to the porn equivalent: Leechnet.

The software works in exactly the same way as Napster but with slightly different search criteria. Rather than artist or title, you have finer search criteria: Type, Action, Location, Participants.

These cover a wide range of options - as you would expect. Amateur, Fat, Pregnant, Shemale; Anal, Creampie, Watersports,; Bathroom, Livingroom, Shower; Solo, Threesome, Group Sex are just some.

Then hit search and away you go. The software is actually in beta at the moment and we were given the number 4655, presumably meaning that it has fewer than 5000 people currently on it. That said, unless you are very precise in your choice, you can expect a fair number of downloadable pictures. Although one downside is that it doesn't have Napster's traffic light system to tell you if people are online at the time.

The good aspects of Napster also apply to Leechnet. Namely, that on Napster you can find rare and fascinating examples of your favourite artists that others want to share and you'd never heard of/would never find.

Now, if you are someone who thinks that all pornography is immoral you won't agree, but following brief usage of Leechnet, we found plenty of "artistic", erotic and quite frankly hilarious pictures of the human body. Of course, there's plenty of smut too.

However, if you want to save your soul, DO NOT visit Leechnet. Because sex in sinful. All right? ®