Peppa Pig owners win copyright battle against 'impostor' Wolfoo
A UK High Court judge has ordered the removal of all 'Wolfoo' videos from platforms like YouTube due to copyright infringement. The ruling found that the Vietnamese animation series illegally used audio clips from the popular children's show Peppa Pig.
Why it matters
This case highlights the ongoing challenges of intellectual property enforcement in the digital age, particularly regarding content creators using unauthorized audio assets in viral media.
Image source, Hasbro/eOne/Astley Baker Davies/PA Media Image caption, Audio clips of Peppa saying words and phrases like "hooray!" were used in Wolfoo videos, a judge ruled
A judge has ordered all videos featuring popular animated character Wolfoo to be removed from platforms including YouTube after ruling that the cartoon illegally copied audio from Peppa Pig.
Wolfoo, a Vietnamese animation about a young wolf who lives with his family, has had hundreds of millions of views online.
A High Court judge in London recently ruled in favour of entertainment giant Hasbro, which owns the rights to Peppa Pig, after it sued Wolfoo's makers SConnect for copyright infringement.
Mr Justice Smith said the copying - in which Wolfoo videos used short audio clips of Peppa and her family saying words like "hooray!" - had been "prolific" and "long-standing".
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