This is a natural conseqence of copyright law. It is hard for local talent to compete against unnatural monopolies. We subsidized mass produced media at the expense of decentralized talent.
(Having said that, this article is pretty much "old man yells at cloud" for me.)
Copyright is all about encouraging the production of "art" and has all these exceptions to ensure the exploitation doesn't restrict creation.
Without copyright we'd have guilds that enforce secrecy and fidelity.