"Yelp Sues South Park For $10 Million Over Latest Episode"

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Not sure this is real.

EDIT: It's not real, but it's still funny:

http://nbc.com.co/yelp-sues-south-pa...-over-episode/

Yelp Sues South Park For $10 Million Over Latest Episode

Today Yelp Inc. filed a $10 million dollar lawsuit against the creators of South Park and Comedy Central. In the lawsuit, Yelp is seeking damages caused by the latest episode of South Park which lampooned the customer review and local business rating website.

Paul Horner, who is a spokesman for Yelp, spoke with NBC News about details of the lawsuit.

“Our company, along with its millions of users, take Yelp very seriously. The South Park episode was in extremely bad taste and not funny whatsoever. To say our critics are out there trying to get free food and using racist slurs on little Mexican children is beyond ridiculous. To compare the users of Yelp to terrorists is not only cruel, but the definition of libel and slander. I believe any reasonable court in America will agree with the lawsuit and rule in our favor.”

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the popular animated series, were quick to issue a statement of their own.

“We’ve taken a hard look at the information presented to us, and after reviewing it, we have given Yelp and their lawsuit only one star. Their lawyers delivered us legal documents in a very unprofessional manner; not bothering to smile or even a quick handshake. The writing on the envelope was barely legible and in two different colors. It is our personal opinion that Yelp could do a much better job by not suing us for ten million dollars.”

[Mifuyne]

Oh yelp, you funny you.

[Ripster42]

If it's real this is just going to get laughed out of court. This may be the first time that saying is literal.

[kaze950]

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Yes I'm sure this is a legit news site :P

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Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the popular animated series, were quick to issue a statement of their own.

“We’ve taken a hard look at the information presented to us, and after reviewing it, we have given Yelp and their lawsuit only one star. Their lawyers delivered us legal documents in a very unprofessional manner; not bothering to smile or even a quick handshake. The writing on the envelope was barely legible and in two different colors. It is our personal opinion that Yelp could do a much better job by not suing us for ten million dollars.”

Lmao haha

[Septik]

While im not surprised that Yelp is attempting this, what did surprise me was that SP didnt use a fake name and call it Relp or Welp or something just to avoid this. But then again id have to assume that the SP creators have a kick ass legal team and probably a chest full of cash for when this does happen.

[Spectral]

Fuckin' lawyers.

[GennGreymane]

Im afraid I will have to give this lawsuit a 1... sorry yelp, but you need to do better for a higher score.

[Gaidax]

Yelp is basically a scam - they drop positive reviews and stick negative ones, unless you pay up.

[TheEaterofSouls]

This is fucking hilarious. And pretty sad at the same time.

[GennGreymane]

Fuckin' lawyers.

It aint the lawyers fault, its yelp. They like everyone else who has sued south park has a case, but its unlikely to go far.

[tj119]

Funny part is SP creators could pay that $10mil like nothing ever happened, but they won't. Yelp is being some whiney fuckwads and wasting our courts time.

[Spectral]

It aint the lawyers fault, its yelp. They like everyone else who has sued south park has a case, but its unlikely to go far.

I do not concur. I blame Yelp also, but the existence of an oversupply of lawyers combined with their generally amoral approach to everything is how we wind up with these sorts of behaviors that should be shamed in a decent society. Everyone should agree that Yelp's litigious executives and lawyers are scum and treat them as pariahs. A lack of shaming of this sort of behavior is why it's so common.

[Gamdwelf]

This was the entire point if the episode this is hilarious.

[Independent voter]

If South Park is doing a Yelp themed show, it means they are running out of topics to write about. They've been on the air for 12 years?

[timberx]

Yea, this article is fake. Here's another one from the same website.

http://nbc.com.co/hello-world-2/

[Orange Joe]

Pretty sure this is fake. I can't find anything about it on another page.

[GennGreymane]

I do not concur. I blame Yelp also, but the existence of an oversupply of lawyers combined with their generally amoral approach to everything is how we wind up with these sorts of behaviors that should be shamed in a decent society. Everyone should agree that Yelp's litigious executives and lawyers are scum and treat them as pariahs. A lack of shaming of this sort of behavior is why it's so common.

A lawyer cant bring a case alone in this sense. The client has to pay them to try, and yes there is a case, as south park has been sued before. (and I do not know how those cases went, likely not very far)

Its also shamed to the point where people believe the McDonalds case myths :P

[dextersmith]

While im not surprised that Yelp is attempting this, what did surprise me was that SP didnt use a fake name and call it Relp or Welp or something just to avoid this. But then again id have to assume that the SP creators have a kick ass legal team and probably a chest full of cash for when this does happen.

They probably have insurance for this so they wouldn't care.

[Nilinor]

If South Park is doing a Yelp themed show, it means they are running out of topics to write about. They've been on the air for 12 years?

18 years as of august