The US government pays about 5.1 billion yen to manufacturers by using pirated software

ByThierry ehrmann

Using software illegally copied by the US militaryThe case which was appealed to software maker, The US government has agreed to pay 50 million dollars (about 5.1 billion yen) of settlement money to the manufacturer.

U.S. Government Pays Apptricity $ 50 million | Apptricity
http://www.apptricity.com/press/u-s-government-pays-apptricity-50-million/

U.S. Government Caught Pirating Military Software, Settles For $ 50 Million | TorrentFreak
http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-caught-pirating-military-software-pays-50-million-to-settle-131127/

Companies mainly engaged in software developmentApptricityIn 2004, we had a license agreement for logistics software and asset management software, our company's products, with the US military. Apptricity's contract with the US military is to allow the US government to use the software on five servers and 150 stand-alone devices.

Apptricity software is used primarily during the Haiti earthquake that occurred in the Middle East and 2010, Apptricity was satisfied with the government contract, but then the US military secretly copies thousands of software secrets I found out what I was using behind. According to a report from the US government, the military installed 93 software servers, 9000 or more standalone devices, and illegally copied Apptricity software.

ByThe U.S. Army

According to the agreement between the US military and Apptricity, the license fee for software is 1.35 million dollars (about 138 million yen) per server, 5000 dollars (about 510,000 yen) per device, and the damage Because the total amount reached 224 million dollars (about 22.9 billion yen), Apptricity sued the US government for damages compensation. The trial agreed on November 24, 2013 by the US government to pay Apptricity a settlement money of 50 million dollars (about 5.1 billion yen).

Although Apptricity had problems with the US government, he says, "We will continue business relations with the government in the future".