Batten down the hatches—Navy accused of pirating 585k copies of VR software

Hmmm...from under my old "bean counter" hat, methinks this is a case where the Navy was over-eager to use the software and Bitmanagement wanted a sweeter $$ deal than was originally proposed, after they found out how many were in use. I've seen this process in the past; it's easier to count the number of licenses in use than to estimate how many you might need, especially since most purchasing agents tend to over-estimate and the contract usually binds you to a set number. I doubt very much that the Navy intended to steal anything and I'd like to see the value of the original contract.

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This is about digital piracy of software, according to a federal lawsuit brought by Bitmanagement Software. The company is seeking copyright infringement damages of more than $596 million (€543 million) from the Navy for allegedly stealing more than 558,000 copies of its BS Contact Geo software.