This definitely highlights how broken the software licensing system is. The US military is notorious for placing money and budgets as a rather low priority. The

This definitely highlights how broken the software licensing system is. The US military is notorious for placing money and budgets as a rather low priority. The biggest hurdle for most groups isn't obtaining money, it's going through the bureaucratic processes. Likely, the priracy was committed to avoid the painful bureaucracy. If the company simply made it easier to obtain a lawful copy of the software they would probably be recovering a lot more than $60M - and without lawyers.