{"id":432637,"date":"2010-03-15T18:55:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T22:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100312\/1747288544.shtml"},"modified":"2010-03-15T18:55:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T22:55:14","slug":"band-releases-new-album-via-chatroulette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/432637","title":{"rendered":"Band &#8216;Releases&#8217; New Album Via Chatroulette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now you&#8217;ve probably heard of the latest internet fad, Chatroulette, which has been pretty much covered to death in the media (though, not us, until now).  If, by some amazing chance, you&#8217;ve missed out on this, the best summary would probably be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/thu-march-4-2010\/tech-talch---chatroulette\" >Jon Stewart&#8217;s amusing take on it<\/a>:<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<table style='font:11px arial; color:#333; background-color:#f5f5f5' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='360' height='353'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='background-color:#e5e5e5' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;'><a  style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com'>The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; text-align:right; font-weight:bold;'>Mon &#8211; Thurs 11p \/ 10c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:2px 1px 0px 5px;' colspan='2'<a  style='color:#333; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/thu-march-4-2010\/tech-talch---chatroulette'>Tech-Talch &#8211; Chatroulette<a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:14px; background-color:#353535' valign='middle'>\n<td colspan='2' style='padding:2px 5px 0px 5px; width:360px; overflow:hidden; text-align:right'><a  style='color:#96deff; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/'>www.thedailyshow.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'><embed style='display:block' src='http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:266351' width='360' height='301' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='window' allowFullscreen='true' flashvars='autoPlay=false' allowscriptaccess='always' allownetworking='all' bgcolor='#000000'><\/embed><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style='height:18px;' valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:0px;' colspan='2'>\n<table style='margin:0px; text-align:center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' width='100%' height='100%'>\n<tr valign='middle'>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a  style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes'>Daily Show<br \/> Full Episodes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a  style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com'>Political Humor<\/a><\/td>\n<td style='padding:3px; width:33%;'><a  style='font:10px arial; color:#333; text-decoration:none;' href='http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/videos\/tag\/health'>Health Care Reform<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\nHowever, the reason we&#8217;re mentioning it here is that <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mathewi\/statuses\/10384827513\" >Mathew Ingram<\/a> alerts us to the news that a band going by the rather catchy name of <i>Holy Fuck<\/i> has decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/38176-holy-fuck-reveal-new-album-via-sketchy-website-chatroulette\/\" >leak its new album via Chatroulette<\/a>.  Of course, since Chatroulette is totally random, there&#8217;s no way to actually find it, except by accident &#8212; meaning you&#8217;re not going to find it, and as the reporter at the link above discovered, you have a pretty high likelihood of running into something that might disgust you.  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