Один программист-военнослужащий написал программу и захотел продать ее Военно-Воздушным Силам. Военно-Воздушные Силы кракнули его программу и ничего не заплатили. DMCA! И вот, the Court of Federal Claims that first heard the case threw it out, and the new Appellate ruling upholds that decision. The reasoning behind the decisions focuses on the US government's sovereign immunity, which the court describes thusly: "The United States, as [a] sovereign, 'is immune from suit save as it consents to be sued . . . and the terms of its consent to be sued in any court define that court’s jurisdiction to entertain the suit.'"
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