No, that is the RIAA front that took over when BearShare was sued out of business. They are
referring to their own iMesh clone software that is using the names of BearShare and Shareaza
to sell music on their own proprietary network and DRM scheme.

Try the original BearShare, which you can find here: Sticky: BearShare has been sabotaged.
The settings for the connection are in the Connection part of the Options menu.