Is utorrent a good torrent program,recommendations? and can I get sued for?

[alpha_dk]

The loophole you are talking about only partially exists. It is true that copyright infringement is based upon distribution; however, recent court cases have made it so that even 'making available' can be dangerous legally. In this matter, there are no guarantees -- even something that seems clearly spelled out in law might not protect you depending on your judge. Not to mention that in sending out the letters, the RIAA doesn't care about legality at all; settlement is cheaper than fighting for your rights, and that is what they are counting on.

You *can* be sued for doing illegal things in any medium. Limewire is no different. My college had a limewire hub that was only available from on-campus; the RIAA found out about it and the people running it had to take it down (no other legal action though, fortunately).

And everyone talking about how encryption won't work, keep up the good work. Too many people think of it as a fix-all solution; really, it just protects you from snoopers along the wire, not at the end of it. To be protected from both you would have to connect through a Tor node (or something similar) and get almost no bandwidth.