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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

As Mr Krabs would say, "it's not stealing, it's borrowing. You can borrow anything you'd like as long as you give it back"

So I'll just "give back" all my copies I have obtained, before I die!

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Why not after? You put this in your testament: "I hereby give my movies back to google. Fuck google!"

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

yeah i "give it back" (seed my torrents)

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Like my dumb uncle used to say when he lost a bet, which was often: "I'll will it to ya.'

He croaked, and stiffed me in his will, of course.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"give it back" means "seed to at least a ratio of 1.0"

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

I'm somewhere in the ~30:1 space currently