> forced
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
If I want a TV show - Say House of Cards - and it's not available, or it's available much later than elsewhere, or it's prohibitively more pricey... They want the show and the only reasonable way to get it... then it will "force" people who want it to Piracy.
I would very much like a Ferrari California. It's unlikely I will ever be able to afford one - it is prohibitively expensive for me. I am not being forced to steal it. I understand like a rational human being should that if I can't afford something or it isn't available to me and it isn't essential to my survival I have no right to take it. I know that physical theft analogies aren't very good when comparing to piracy but seriously - you are not being forced to do anything. You make a choice to steal it. Whether that's morally right or wrong is your decision to make.
Second, stealing implies that the person being stolen from can't access it anymore--which is clearly not the case here.
Stealing is the wrong framework to use here.
Otherwise, yes, this idea of being "forced" to pirate something they want but don't have easy access to seems a rather silly statement.