Federal Judge Members South Park’s “HUMANCENTiPAD” In Ruling

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Meet Judge Roberta Colton, a Bankruptcy Judge in the Middle District of Florida and a fan of South Park? That appears to be the case. In a recent ruling for an arbitration case featuring Verizon, a Judge ruled in favor the communications conglomerate, but not before throwing a dig at the company that owns go90 before she was done. Here’s a quote from her ruling that should have South Park fans giggling:

Although the court is skeptical that the arbitration agreement between Mr. Bateman and Verizon truly is a negotiated contract within the meaning of a statute enacted in 1925, particularly since Verizon can unilaterally change any term at any time, the Supreme Court does not distinguish between consumer and commercial arbitration…

The court is reminded of an episode from the cartoon series “South Park” in which Apple comes to town and demands blood from iPhone customers because a provision to give up your blood was buried in the consumer service agreement that everyone in South Park had agreed to by simply clicking a box, but of course never read. (Trey Parker, 15 HumancentiPad South Park (2011)).

For those that don’t know what she’s talking about, she’s referencing an episode of South Park entitled “Humancentipad” which parodied crazy long user agreements that appear whenever you purchase something online that everyone pretty much scrolls through without reading.
Fortunately, for the Judge, there’s plenty going on in the world of South Park right now before the 22nd season premieres in the fall for Comedy Central. The aforementioned network’s Comedy Central Clusterfest is happening in a couple of weeks that will feature all sorts of South Park-inspired attractions, and the show’s 21st season is set to release on Blu-Ray on June 5th. We should also be getting the final round of DLC content entitled “Bring the Crunch” which introduces a new superhero class for the hit game, South Park: The Fractured But Whole which is currently available now for all major game consoles.

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