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Michael's Minute Meter Report

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
98.5% 1.5% 0.0% Legal Update on Personal Lockers 131 06/15/09
98.4% 0.9% 0.7% Court Ruling Denies EMI Access to Millions of Personal MP3 Files 753 03/26/08
96.6% 2.0% 1.5% EMI vs Google, AOL, Microsoft (The Entire Internet) 205 03/14/08
96.5% 2.1% 1.4% RIAA and EMI - All Your Music Are Belong To Us 285 01/11/08
95.4% 3.6% 1.0% Defend Your Digital Rights - Support MP3tunes 307 04/23/08
94.4% 4.8% 0.9% How Major Labels Try To Overwhelm Startups 231 10/29/08
94.4% 5.6% 0.0% Music Search Engines Under Attack 71 01/28/09
94.4% 3.5% 2.1% Use Skype - Go Directly To A Chinese Prison 142 10/10/08
94.3% 4.3% 1.4% Who Is Ryan Sit And Why Is EMI Suing Him? 140 02/24/09
94.1% 5.2% 0.7% EMI Loses Case - I Get To Keep My Minivan 286 10/02/08
93.8% 5.5% 0.6% The Record Labels Want My Minivan 470 06/11/08
93.8% 6.2% 0.0% Open Letter to Doug Merrill, President Digital Strategy, EMI 129 01/06/09
93.7% 6.3% 0.0% MP3tunes Files Counterclaims Against EMI (How You Can Help) 95 12/04/08
91.3% 7.2% 1.4% Sadly, Pandora Is Still Going Bankrupt 277 07/08/09
90.9% 9.1% 0.0% Making Apple And Google Play Nicely Together 22 07/12/10
90.6% 9.4% 0.0% Your Music on the Wii, PS3, Windows Mobile and More! 53 12/06/07
90.2% 7.4% 2.5% The Crowd As Our Legal Team 122 06/17/10
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
85.4% 10.1% 4.5% Letter to College Board Asking For Clarification/Corrections 198 02/14/08
85.0% 12.6% 2.4% Imeem Gets License And Death Sentence 207 12/19/07
85.0% 10.0% 5.0% Youtube Wins - MP3tunes (and Apple?) Cheer 20 06/25/10
83.9% 6.5% 9.7% Will Internet DVR Be Banned In Singapore? 31 02/16/10
83.7% 12.2% 4.1% A Billion Taco Vending Machines = Bigger Taco Industry 49 04/28/10
83.6% 12.0% 4.4% $20 Million Dollar Experiment to See if You'll Rent a Song for 10 Cents 675 05/27/08
82.9% 17.1% 0.0% I Want The Same Power As Steve Jobs 41 08/12/10
82.6% 4.3% 13.0% I've Got Pandora Envy 23 06/08/10
81.8% 18.2% 0.0% The byo.fm Experiment 22 03/30/10
80.0% 20.0% 0.0% When Will Microsoft, Apple and Google Do Music Lockers? 15 08/19/10
80.0% 18.2% 1.8% Will Obama Outlaw Your Tivo? 110 01/20/09
78.9% 21.1% 0.0% Cartoon Network Opens Door For Wave of New Business Opportunities 19 07/27/09
78.1% 12.5% 9.4% Will Apple Bury Lala's 10 Cent Songs? 32 12/14/09
78.0% 16.9% 5.1% Death of Lala and the 10 Cent Web Song 59 05/05/10
77.8% 14.8% 7.4% iTunes Music On Any TV (Without A Home Server!) 27 07/19/10
77.2% 11.0% 11.7% College Myths 145 05/06/08
76.9% 13.5% 9.6% Apple Quietly Enables Online Streaming To iPhones, iPad and iTouch 208 08/03/10
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
76.3% 18.4% 5.3% Lala Revisited
(Or Will The Music Industry Ever Treat Paying Customers Right?)
76 10/22/08
76.1% 19.6% 4.3% Here's My Mobile Number 46 01/06/10
75.3% 19.2% 5.5% Everyone Shouldn't Go To College 146 03/06/08
73.5% 24.5% 2.0% A Tivo For YouTube - DownloadHelper 49 03/09/09
72.7% 10.9% 16.4% Backdoor Dialing - Free Calling to Millions of US Phones 55 01/23/08
71.9% 22.8% 5.3% Why "My Yahoo" Ain't Really "My" 114 02/25/08
71.2% 17.3% 11.5% Subprime-like Mortgages Forcing Music Companies Into Bankruptcy 52 03/30/09
69.7% 25.0% 5.3% Why Android Will Triumph Over iPhone 152 03/04/10
69.4% 26.5% 4.1% Battle for MP3 Store Supremacy (AmazonMP3, Napster, Walmart, etc.) 49 11/05/08
69.2% 19.2% 11.5% Dealipedia - The Business Wiki Now Open For Business 26 02/05/08
68.8% 21.9% 9.4% The World's First Internet Boombox 32 05/26/10
67.5% 20.0% 12.5% Napster Goes MP3 With a Big Catalog But 8 Years Too Late 40 05/19/08
67.2% 26.2% 6.6% Turn Your Mobile Phone Into A MP3 Player 61 09/23/08
64.5% 26.3% 9.2% Gates and Buffett Have It Wrong 76 07/01/10
61.7% 29.8% 8.5% Cloud Music On Your iPhone, iPod touch and Android Phone 47 09/25/09
55.8% 32.6% 11.6% A Free Phone Line Using Google and Gizmo5 43 08/04/09
55.0% 17.5% 27.5% SIPphone Becomes Gizmo5 - Now For Your Mobile Phone Too 40 12/13/07
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
50.8% 47.5% 1.7% Roach Motel For Your Music (The New DRM Threat) 177 04/20/09
49.4% 44.6% 6.0% Microsoft + Yahoo = IM Giant, Plus MySpace Goes GPL 83 02/07/08
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
20.7% 76.6% 2.8% Phone Calls In Your Browser - www.GizmoCall.com 145 12/15/08
18.6% 71.1% 10.4% Xandros Buys Linspire 415 07/02/08
12.3% 84.9% 2.8% iPods Are Dying - Tuneroom Powers Next Gen MP3 Players 568 12/19/08

When Will Microsoft, Apple and Google Do Music Lockers?
I Want The Same Power As Steve Jobs
Apple Quietly Enables Online Streaming To iPhones, iPad and iTouch
iTunes Music On Any TV (Without A Home Server!)
Making Apple And Google Play Nicely Together
Gates and Buffett Have It Wrong
Youtube Wins - MP3tunes (and Apple?) Cheer
The Crowd As Our Legal Team
I've Got Pandora Envy
The World's First Internet Boombox
Sad Saga of Floyd Landis
Measure Your Education Spending IQ
Death of Lala and the 10 Cent Web Song
A Billion Taco Vending Machines = Bigger Taco Industry
Mission Possible - Store The World's Music
The byo.fm Experiment
Why Android Will Triumph Over iPhone
Will Internet DVR Be Banned In Singapore?
Apple's Secret Cloud Strategy And Why Lala Is Critical
Here's My Mobile Number
Will Apple Bury Lala's 10 Cent Songs?
Google Acquires Gizmo5
Cloud Music On Your iPhone, iPod touch and Android Phone
EMI You Lie
What I'm Excited About
A Free Phone Line Using Google and Gizmo5
Cartoon Network Opens Door For Wave of New Business Opportunities
Sadly, Pandora Is Still Going Bankrupt
Vote for the Craziest Digital Music Ideas Ever
Legal Update on Personal Lockers
Obama OKs Network DVR And Hints At Music Locker
6 Ways To Save Money On Communication
The American Idol Winner Is....
Lala Admits To Using Network DRM
Roach Motel For Your Music (The New DRM Threat)

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