Each week, readers of Michael's Minute let us know how they feel about that week's message (Agree, Disagree, or Mixed). The below report shows how readers have voted for each Michael's Minute since the introduction of the Meter. Which messages did readers agree or disagree with most? Which ones generated the most votes? It's quite interesting to see the response generated from any particular topic.
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| % Agree |
% Disagree |
% Mixed |
Title |
Total Responses |
Date |
| 98.4% |
0.9% |
0.7% |
Court Ruling Denies EMI Access to Millions of Personal MP3 Files |
752 |
03/26/08 |
| 98.4% |
1.6% |
0.0% |
Legal Update on Personal Lockers |
123 |
06/15/09 |
| 96.5% |
2.0% |
1.5% |
EMI vs Google, AOL, Microsoft (The Entire Internet) |
202 |
03/14/08 |
| 96.5% |
2.1% |
1.4% |
RIAA and EMI - All Your Music Are Belong To Us |
283 |
01/11/08 |
| 95.9% |
2.4% |
1.7% |
Behind The Scenes - EMI Sues MP3tunes |
542 |
11/14/07 |
| 95.4% |
3.6% |
1.0% |
Defend Your Digital Rights - Support MP3tunes |
307 |
04/23/08 |
| 95.0% |
3.6% |
1.4% |
Use Skype - Go Directly To A Chinese Prison |
139 |
10/10/08 |
| 94.4% |
5.6% |
0.0% |
Music Search Engines Under Attack |
71 |
01/28/09 |
| 94.3% |
4.8% |
0.9% |
How Major Labels Try To Overwhelm Startups |
230 |
10/29/08 |
| 94.2% |
4.3% |
1.4% |
Who Is Ryan Sit And Why Is EMI Suing Him? |
138 |
02/24/09 |
| 94.0% |
5.3% |
0.7% |
EMI Loses Case - I Get To Keep My Minivan |
281 |
10/02/08 |
| 93.8% |
6.2% |
0.0% |
Open Letter to Doug Merrill, President Digital Strategy, EMI |
129 |
01/06/09 |
| 93.8% |
5.6% |
0.6% |
The Record Labels Want My Minivan |
466 |
06/11/08 |
| 93.6% |
6.4% |
0.0% |
MP3tunes Files Counterclaims Against EMI (How You Can Help) |
94 |
12/04/08 |
| 91.0% |
7.5% |
1.5% |
Sadly, Pandora Is Still Going Bankrupt |
267 |
07/08/09 |
| 89.1% |
6.9% |
4.0% |
Obama OKs Network DVR And Hints At Music Locker |
101 |
06/02/09 |
| 88.2% |
10.3% |
1.5% |
World's Smallest Wifi Phone - Nokia 6300i (and yes, it runs Gizmo5!) |
68 |
05/01/08 |
| 87.8% |
11.3% |
0.9% |
Cloud Video Is Legal, How About Cloud Music? |
115 |
08/05/08 |
| 85.7% |
14.3% |
0.0% |
CES 2009 Highlights: Music Everywhere, NextGen TV, 3D |
21 |
01/14/09 |
| 85.7% |
9.7% |
4.6% |
Letter to College Board Asking For Clarification/Corrections |
196 |
02/14/08 |
| 85.7% |
8.9% |
5.4% |
Your Music on the Wii, PS3, Windows Mobile and More! |
56 |
12/06/07 |
| 85.0% |
6.6% |
8.4% |
My Business Failure - AnywhereCD |
1418 |
09/24/07 |
| 85.0% |
12.6% |
2.4% |
Imeem Gets License And Death Sentence |
206 |
12/19/07 |
| 83.5% |
12.0% |
4.5% |
$20 Million Dollar Experiment to See if You'll Rent a Song for 10 Cents |
674 |
05/27/08 |
| 83.3% |
16.7% |
0.0% |
Cartoon Network Opens Door For Wave of New Business Opportunities |
18 |
07/27/09 |
| 80.6% |
17.6% |
1.9% |
Will Obama Outlaw Your Tivo? |
108 |
01/20/09 |
| 78.6% |
10.7% |
10.7% |
Will Apple Bury Lala's 10 Cent Songs? |
28 |
12/14/09 |
| 78.4% |
18.3% |
3.3% |
Freespire 2.0 - Finally Multimedia Friendly Linux |
213 |
08/16/07 |
| 77.9% |
10.7% |
11.4% |
College Myths |
140 |
05/06/08 |
| 77.4% |
14.0% |
8.6% |
How the New Lala Service Operates - A Deeper Look |
93 |
06/08/07 |
| 76.7% |
20.8% |
2.5% |
Lala Admits To Using Network DRM |
120 |
05/05/09 |
| 76.6% |
14.9% |
8.5% |
Building a Bridge to Skype Island with OpenSkyXX |
47 |
02/09/09 |
| 76.5% |
23.5% |
0.0% |
GizmoSMS - Free SMS To Any Mobile Phone |
200 |
03/08/07 |
| 76.3% |
18.4% |
5.3% |
Lala Revisited (Or Will The Music Industry Ever Treat Paying Customers Right?) |
76 |
10/22/08 |
| 76.0% |
5.4% |
18.6% |
Infinity Times Infinity - Telephone Numbers Should Be Free |
129 |
05/31/07 |
| 75.0% |
19.3% |
5.7% |
Everyone Shouldn't Go To College |
140 |
03/06/08 |
| 74.4% |
20.5% |
5.1% |
The $10,000 Music API Challenge |
78 |
09/20/07 |
| 73.7% |
21.1% |
5.3% |
Here's My Mobile Number |
38 |
01/06/10 |
| 72.9% |
25.0% |
2.1% |
A Tivo For YouTube - DownloadHelper |
48 |
03/09/09 |
| 72.7% |
10.9% |
16.4% |
Backdoor Dialing - Free Calling to Millions of US Phones |
55 |
01/23/08 |
| 72.4% |
21.8% |
5.7% |
Squeezing My Music |
87 |
04/25/07 |
| 72.3% |
22.3% |
5.4% |
Why "My Yahoo" Ain't Really "My" |
112 |
02/25/08 |
| 71.2% |
17.3% |
11.5% |
Subprime-like Mortgages Forcing Music Companies Into Bankruptcy |
52 |
03/30/09 |
| 70.2% |
23.6% |
6.2% |
9 Things an iPhone Can't Do |
631 |
09/06/07 |
| 69.2% |
19.2% |
11.5% |
Dealipedia - The Business Wiki Now Open For Business |
26 |
02/05/08 |
| 68.8% |
27.1% |
4.2% |
Battle for MP3 Store Supremacy (AmazonMP3, Napster, Walmart, etc.) |
48 |
11/05/08 |
| 67.5% |
20.0% |
12.5% |
Napster Goes MP3 With a Big Catalog But 8 Years Too Late |
40 |
05/19/08 |
| 66.7% |
26.7% |
6.7% |
Turn Your Mobile Phone Into A MP3 Player |
60 |
09/23/08 |
| 60.9% |
30.4% |
8.7% |
Cloud Music On Your iPhone, iPod touch and Android Phone |
46 |
09/25/09 |
| 60.1% |
34.1% |
5.8% |
Battle of the Buttons - Will the iPhone Succeed? |
929 |
06/28/07 |
| 57.3% |
29.1% |
13.6% |
Your Computer. Leave Home Without It - ajaxWindows |
625 |
09/10/07 |
| 56.9% |
32.1% |
11.0% |
Why Buy CDs From Amazon When You Can Buy MP3 Albums?? |
109 |
06/07/07 |
| 55.0% |
17.5% |
27.5% |
SIPphone Becomes Gizmo5 - Now For Your Mobile Phone Too |
40 |
12/13/07 |
| 53.8% |
42.5% |
3.8% |
Forcing Honest People To Be Dishonest |
212 |
04/27/07 |
| 53.7% |
34.1% |
12.2% |
A Free Phone Line Using Google and Gizmo5 |
41 |
08/04/09 |
| 52.8% |
19.8% |
27.4% |
2008 - Year of MP3, Demise of Windows Media, TuneWatch |
197 |
10/10/07 |
| 52.7% |
29.1% |
18.2% |
Fast IM, SMS, and Email on ANY mobile phone/PC in one program - Gizmo5 |
55 |
04/14/08 |
| 51.2% |
34.1% |
14.6% |
OpenSky 2.0 SIP for Skype |
41 |
03/23/09 |
| 50.9% |
47.4% |
1.7% |
Roach Motel For Your Music (The New DRM Threat) |
175 |
04/20/09 |
| 49.4% |
44.6% |
6.0% |
Microsoft + Yahoo = IM Giant, Plus MySpace Goes GPL |
83 |
02/07/08 |
| 49.2% |
49.0% |
1.8% |
MP3 is Back! |
398 |
04/12/07 |
| 47.1% |
41.2% |
11.8% |
The American Idol Winner Is.... |
17 |
05/19/09 |
| 44.7% |
43.7% |
11.7% |
It's Getting Cloudy in the Technology Business |
103 |
07/10/08 |
| 26.7% |
63.3% |
10.0% |
Preparing for a life after Pandora with PiMP |
90 |
07/28/08 |
| 20.1% |
77.1% |
2.8% |
Phone Calls In Your Browser - www.GizmoCall.com |
144 |
12/15/08 |
| 18.2% |
71.4% |
10.4% |
Xandros Buys Linspire |
412 |
07/02/08 |
| 12.2% |
85.0% |
2.8% |
iPods Are Dying - Tuneroom Powers Next Gen MP3 Players |
566 |
12/19/08 |