Sentence examples for draconian contract from inspiring English sources

Every producer's rep, sales agent and independent distributor presented us with a draconian contract.

Union officials have said they want to reopen the pact before then, saying they are working under a "draconian contract and work rules".

Channel 4 News has turned down an interview with the Prince of Wales after refusing to sign a "draconian" contract with a string of demands including the pre-vetting of all questions and right to control editing.

Side effects may include draconian contract terms, spotty coverage, unreasonable cash payouts, bluetooth atrophy and rickets.

The draconian contract FSU entered into with the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation set up an advisory panel appointed by Koch himself, and that panel alone decides which candidates for various professorships deserve consideration.

Artists in both territories are often signed up to draconian contracts in their early teens, keeping them tied to specific management companies, such as SM Entertainment.

The business secretary said legislation to be introduced Wednesday would give more flexibility to workers currently forced by draconian contracts to work for a single employer even when they get few paid hours.

Instead it evokes memories of what he says were "draconian contracts" he signed with DC in the 1980s that give him little control over the work he created, and his gradual falling-out with the publisher over the film versions of "Watchmen" and another of his graphic novels, "V For Vendetta".

Perhaps he is merely sharing the frustrations of millions of Americans fed up with carrier-locked phones, draconian contracts, poor customer service, and ludicrous fees, but it would appear that, a little more than two months after bringing Apple into the cell phone game, he is already sick of it.

In 1805, in the Prussian town of Jena, the philosopher Hegel was racing to finish The Phenomenology of Spirit with a draconian publishing contract hanging over his head.

We're also betting they come with a draconian virtual contract as a trap to sap your virtual money, making you a virtually pissed off virtual customer.