Tech company accuses US Navy of software piracy
A $596 million lawsuit claims that the U.S. Navy has engaged in software piracy.
The suit against the U.S. Government, filed by Bitmanagement Software, alleges that the Navy copied and installed the company’s virtual reality software on hundreds of thousands of computers for which it does not have a license.
In 2011 and 2012 Bitmanagement agreed to license its BS Contact Geo software to the Navy on “a limited and experimental” basis, according to court documents. The Navy was authorized to install the software on just 38 computers for testing, trial runs and integration with other Navy systems, the documents say.
To facilitate testing and “in preparation for the large scale licensing desired by the Navy” Bitmanagement removed the control mechanism that tracked and limited use of the software. The Navy decided that it would deploy the software on a larger scale and began negotiations for the purchase of “numerous” additional licenses, according to the suit, which was filed July 15…. read more here
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