How to prevent iTunes from importing

iTunes has a nasty habit of importing music from Limewire. It imports 'em in into a Limewire folder it creates on its own automatically and also into my Library... which is unfortunate because I have my Mini set to update it's library automatically, so anything in my Limewire folder gets added to my iPod. Help!
Thanks in advance.

Sorry if I violate forum policy, but I would like an answer and I don't want the thread to disappear into oblivion, so I'm bumping it w/ high hopes!!!

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