The District Attorney’s Office confiscated 600 computer terminals property of Caribbean Data Services, the largest telemarketing-call center in the DR, last week. The company is accused of violating Law 32-86 on copyright in prejudice of Microsoft Corporation. The District Attorney detected that 361 terminals were operating without the correct license for Windows 3.11, while 67 terminals did not have the corresponding license for Microsoft Office, and 7 others were not authorized to operate Office 97. Also detected was illegal use of the Windows NT program. Carlos P?rez, of the District Attorney’s office, said this is the largest intellectual property operation carried out in Latin America. It is a common practice in the DR to use illegal use of software copies. ProSoft and the Software Business Alliance are assisting government authorities to enforce the legal use of licenses and original software.
