For the US Military pirating software while on deployment in Iraq, Microsoft would need to seek redress in Iraq's court system. 28 U.S. Code § 1498 [1] holds t

For the US Military pirating software while on deployment in Iraq, Microsoft would need to seek redress in Iraq's court system. 28 U.S. Code § 1498 [1] holds the federal government liable for copyright infringement (section b), but only in the US (c). I don't know how much copyright enforcement Iraqi courts were doing during the occupation, and the US Military was operating with broad immunity from Iraqi law as well. There's no reason for Microsoft to make a fuss over this infringement, because they're not going to get compensated and the PR will be negative. [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1498 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1498