Dominican industry and officials are also worried that widespread illegal copying of computer programs in the DR may bring Special 301 trade sanctions from the U.S. The National Office for Author’s Rights (ONDA), the body charged with enforcing copyright protection for software in the DR, has announced that it has seized thousands of illegal software copies and initiated legal action against more than 20 businesses for software piracy. The President of the National Association of Informatics Companies (Aneinfo), H?ctor Mota, has also declared that the Dominican situation has improved significantly in recent years and that more and more people are buying original, licensed copies of software as they should. The Business Software Alliance (BSA), however, says that despite any improvements made, some 90% of the computer programs circulating in the DR at present are illegal (unlicensed) copies. BSA says it has received repeated promises from ONDA, the Attorney-General’s office and others that they would crack down on such cases, but it has yet to see actions to match the promises.
