Word: draconianism
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...students rather than other offenders because of the ease with which enforcement can be outsourced to universities. More importantly, preserving the structure of current copyright law, a relic of the times before fast bandwidth made worldwide music sharing a possibility, is not worth the costs of enforcement. The current draconian restrictions on music sharing are too cumbersome and simply incompatible with age in which electronic transfer of media is the norm. This outdated business model relies on album sales, with radio play, concert tours, and music videos relegated to serving as promotion. While this business model has been dominant among...
...opinion will resist its implementation, even in green-minded Massachusetts. And in the meantime, gasification plants will be spewing CO2 into the atmosphere under the aegis of a “renewable energy” bill.Should legislators choose to incentivize gasification, the state could impose CCS directly or with draconian emissions taxes. It is questionable, however, whether gasification with CCS could ever be called environmentally friendly. Despite its reduced emissions, a gasification-CCS plant would require 25 percent more coal than a traditional plant to generate the same amount of electricity. In the long run, gasification with CCS is likely...
...that they're both a bit younger than Stallone or Norris; this month marks Chan's 54th birthday and Li's 45th. But the two stars have been training and punishing their bodies since they were kids. When he was 8, Chan went to live and learn at a draconian martial-arts school. By 11, Li was the star of China's junior wushu team; in 1974 he performed on the White House lawn for President Nixon. So Chan's and Li's real ages, in Hong Kong action-movie years, are about 108 and 90, respectively. It's amazing...
Some of Knowles’ fiscal measures were seen as draconian by Faculty members and students. Among his more controversial moves, Knowles announced “moderation in the growth of student financial aid” and the outsourcing of Harvard maintenance and security jobs...
...Taliban, for all its draconian practices and human rights abuses, is also remembered for bringing order following the excesses of rival commanders in the country's civil war. Crime was punished - brutally and in excess, yes, but visibly and uniformly. If the Taliban and the insurgents can convincingly offer civilians a return to law and order, they will gain support. The Afghan government may realize that it's better to take a page from their book - tempered with human rights and due process - than to be defeated by an inability to crush corruption...