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You obviously misunderstood what I said; "force" does not only apply to physical things: it runs the gamut from plagiarism to patent infringement.

You are forcefully (and wrongly) obtaining media in that you have not first obtained the consent of the owner or producer.



But other people clearly have a different opinion of what constitutes force. So we're back to the beginning. I would suggest using a different word, since your definition of "force" very much bends the standard English meaning. In particular, it's hard to use the verb form in regards to piracy: nobody is "forcing" anyone to do anything.

Edit: the physical meaning of force ("I forced the lock") doesn't really apply either...




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