The Federal Trade Commission's follow-up study on the entertainment industry and its marketing practices was in response to a scathing September 2000 report that accused the entire sector of aggressively selling violent and sexually explicit films, video games and music to kids. FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky said he was disappointed with the recording industry's attempts at self-regulation. The initial report on the entertainment industry was ordered by former President Bill Clinton after the massacre in April 1999 at Columbine High School in Colorado raised new concerns about the effect of violent entertainment. The music industry has been attacked for not providing ratings according to age for the sale of recordings with sexually explicit, homophobic, misogynistic and violent lyrics. The music industry defended itself even before the report was released.
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The report did not propose any specific actions to be taken against the industry.