Consumers Suddenly Say 'No' to Rap, Porn Spam
After years of rapid increases, two major negative social influences -- rap music and adult spam -- have suddenly taken a nose-dive in the United States. The change isn't caused by laws or censorship. Consumers just aren't supporting it anymore with their dollars. Rap sales DROPPED 21 PERCENT in 2006 compared to the previous year, and for the first time in years not a single rap album made it into the top 10 sellers of the year for 2006. Polls show that people are tired of the genre's negative, violent, sexist messages. Meanwhile, Symantec reports that adult spam SANK TO 4 PERCENT of all spam, the lowest percentage in years and down from 22 percent last year. Why the decline? People just aren't buying those products. Instead, health and financial spam is taking over.
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The reason sales droped is because of "File Sharing" Networks-Hell why "Pay" for a song when you can download it for free! its not because everyone is tired of it- This story is incomplete and should be edited.
I agree with the Adult Spam- That should be Illegal.
Very inaccurate analysis, mighty. Unless you're saying that people who listen to Rap are 22% MORE likely to steal music than your average Steely Dan fan, it just doesn't fit the numbers. Rap music is down as a percentage of sales. If stolen music is a factor, it should be across the board, unless you want to go ahead and say that rap listens are more likely to be filthy crooks (which you might be saying).
As for the SPAM, I can't wait until it all disappears because everyone has tuned it out.
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