
The Guardian5h ago
Children’s animation series Wolfoo found guilty of copying Peppa Pig
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The corporate owners of Peppa Pig have won a copyright battle against the copycat animation Wolfoo after a judge ruled the latter had illegally used audio from the famous cartoon pig. The US-headquartered entertainment company Hasbro, which owns the rights to Peppa Pig, sued SConnect – the Vietnamese makers of Wolfoo – for copyright infringement regarding videos which used short audio clips of Peppa and her family saying words such as “Hooray!” A high court judge in London has ordered all videos featuring the animated character Wolfoo to be removed from online platforms including YouTube, stating that the copying had been “prolific”, “longstanding” and that the evidence of “copying of…
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