SmcFanControl - Can it be harmful?

Ok, I just recently bought a MacBook and was shocked at how hot my leg was after I sat it on my lap one day. I am used to my powerbook which never really got that hot. But, recently I came across a program to speed up the Minimum fan speed on a macbook/pro. Is there any damage that can be done by setting this at a high rpm for a prolonged period of time, say 6200 rpm? As far as I can tell the program works great and of course you can hear the fan difference when you apply changes, I have noticed large changes in temperature, but can it hurt anything?
The program is smcFanControl at http://81.169.182.62/~eidac/software/page5/page5.html
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I noticed you're from korea.....can you please help me with something that's not related to this thread?....??
I transferred my mp3 files from my pc to my new mac...about a month ago....the mac osx seems to acknowledge the korean titled mp3 songs in finder.....but when I open up itunes...the korean titles show up all goggled or in weird symbols.....
i have close to 1000 krn songs....and there is no way i'm going to change the title of those songs one by one....
do you know how to resolve this problem?....do i have to download additional korean fonts?....if so, do you know where I could access this info?....
any kind of help would be greatly appreciated...thank you...

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