UK copyright extension report [UK Parliament] News
UK copyright extension report [UK Parliament]

Culture, Media and Sport – Fifth Report, UK House of Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee, May 16, 2007 [recommending that the government extend the copyright term for sound records from the current 50 years to at least 70 years]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress passed first graduated income tax

On August 24, 1894, the US Congress passed the first graduated income tax law, which the US Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the next year in Pollack v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Company, 157 US 429 (1895) and (on rehearing) 158 US 601 (1895).

Netherlands constitution signed

On August 24, 1815, the first modern constitution for the Netherlands was signed. It was later revised in 1848 to create the country's parliamentary democracy. In 1983, the Dutch Constitution was rewritten again. Read the version of the Netherlands Constitution in effect today.