H-1B: A Threat or a Chance?

The H1-B Visa program is a very controversial one and one that, given its significance, I’m shocked I had hardly knew anything about. In essence, “The H-1B visa is a temporary, non-immigration visa for foreigners in ‘special occupations.’ The careers that qualify are ones that usually require a college degree and specialized skills in science, engineering,…

Project 3: The VW Scandal

I worked on this project with Jack Magiera and Lucinda Krahl; we created a podcast related to whistleblowing and the Volkswagen scandal. The project can be found at the following: https://drive.google.com/a/nd.edu/file/d/0B4hjKAOQuqvZWGluaVJka1J1eTA/view?usp=sharing Volkswagen, a giant in the world of car manufacturing, faced a precarious situation this past year. It was revealed in September that it had been…

Piracy: Have Corporations Won?

The DMCA, or Digital Millennium Copyright Act, is a controversial United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO. Its main purpose is to enforce the illegality of circumventing measures that control access to copyrighted works. It consists of two provisions for this goal of preventing piracy:…

Copyrights & Open Source

Both copyrights and patents are necessary because of what it called “Intellectual Property.” “Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions; literary and artistic works; and symbols, names and images used in commerce” (WIPO – What is IP?). Different forms of protection exist for intellectual property; they include but are not limited to: patents, trademarks,…