It's possibly because video games have a history of licensing the likeness of famous people to be used in video games, leading others to think that all likenesses must be licensed and paid for.
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"Someone still needs to grab the appropriate box(es) and deliver it up to the house/office."
That process can be automated too, but it will probably take longer to happen. Possibly beyond our lifetimes. Then again, it only took 66 years to go from Kitty Hawk to the Moon.
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The whole technology destroys jobs argument has been made for over 150 years since the industrial revolution, and there are more different kinds of jobs available today despite an explosion in population.
While technology does lead to job loss in the short term, and it can be very hard on people in that short term, in the long term society has benefited it has enabled whole new fields of work and better working conditions.
Not to mention that a lot of the jobs people complain about losing were created by technology in the first place. This includes books!
The problem is that giving permission involves tons of paperwork: running everything through the legal department, possible royalty payments, ensuring the logo was properly designed and displayed, etc. - basically a big headache for DC.
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Which only prompts criminals to further arm themselves and assume the cops will come in with guns blazing in the middle of the night. It's a vicious cycle.
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That process can be automated too, but it will probably take longer to happen. Possibly beyond our lifetimes. Then again, it only took 66 years to go from Kitty Hawk to the Moon.
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While technology does lead to job loss in the short term, and it can be very hard on people in that short term, in the long term society has benefited it has enabled whole new fields of work and better working conditions.
Not to mention that a lot of the jobs people complain about losing were created by technology in the first place. This includes books!
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Saying no requires no effort.
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