I will play the conspiracy theory card: Elvis got annoyed about his music being downloaded for free, so from the comfort of his Moon base he talked to the giant lizards living under the Earth crust and they forced the X-Files office of the FBI to close Megauploads..
I'm still investigating whether Hitler was involved in this too, but my agents in Brazil said it's all quiet there.
On a more serious note, this is the sign of how powerful record labels and cinema majors have become. The world would be such a better place without these money grabbing ba$tards, but hey, they're there and have no intention of going anywhere.
You can still produce fantastic films without insane budgets (frankly, spending hundreds of million dollars on a movie is one of the most abhorrent things ever), and musicians can still make their own independent labels. Problem is that esp. the music industry has become a proper multimillion profitable business, where managers sit down around a table and design artists, bands and fashions to go with that..
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