Following closely on the heels of the agreement forged by President Leonel Fernandez with Microsoft to combat intellectual piracy in the country, several major Dominican businesses are being sued for the illegal use of copyrighted software. The International Business Software Alliance (IBSA) will file suit in SD against "automobile importers, box manufacturers and ceramics producers." No corporate identities were revealed by IBSA which said that it is following up on the results of unannounced raids on big businesses that were conducted last week and have been submitted by the Attorney General to the eighth and ninth district courts in SD. On that occasion, and on several previous occasions, he Special Anti-Piracy Assistant Attorney General, Carlos Castillo, has discovered and confiscated unauthorized versions of software.
