Children’s animation series Wolfoo found guilty of copying Peppa Pig

Judge orders removal of all Wolfoo videos from online platforms after finding ‘prolific’ copyright infringement

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!”
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