Peppa Pig squealed to victory after decide dominated rival cartoon Wolfoo copied its well-known sound clips
The hugely popular Vietnamese wolf, whose cartoons have racked up hundreds of millions of views online, has now been ordered off YouTube and other platforms
Bringing home the bacon – Peppa wins court case over rival cartoon(Image: five)
PEPPA Pig has squealed to victory after a judge ruled rival cartoon Wolfoo copied its famous sound clips.
The hugely popular Vietnamese wolf, whose cartoons have racked up hundreds of millions of views online, has now been ordered off YouTube and other platforms after the High Court declared the nicking was “prolific” and “long-standing”.
Entertainment giant Hasbro, which owns Peppa Pig rights, took legal action against Vietnamese animation firm SConnect, accusing it of pinching audio from the hit children’s show.
The court heard Wolfoo episodes snatched short clips of Peppa and her family saying words including the famous “hooray!”.
Wolfoo episodes snatched short clips of Peppa and her family saying words including the famous “hooray!”.
Mr Justice Smith has now ordered all videos featuring Wolfoo to be removed before 4pm on Monday.
The ruling applies across the UK, the European Union and all 166 World Trade Organisation member states, including the US and Vietnam.
The judge said experts found Peppa Pig audio in every one of the 92 English-language Wolfoo videos examined, as well as around three quarters of the foreign-language versions.
He said the evidence of copying was “compelling”.
SConnect denied deliberately breaching copyright.
The company claimed some older videos made before mid-2020 contained Peppa audio because an outside contractor had used the clips without its knowledge.
It also insisted newer episodes used only sounds created in-house.
But the judge rejected those arguments, saying it did not matter who supplied the audio.
Entertainment giant Hasbro, which owns Peppa Pig rights, took legal action against Vietnamese animation firm SConnect,
He also found that while many offending videos had been taken down, others had simply been moved to different channels, and said claims all newer sounds were original “can be disproved”.
Andrew Lee, who represented Hasbro, called it a “significant judgment”.
He said taking the case through the UK courts meant the company could protect the Peppa Pig brand around the world without having to launch separate legal battles in every country.
SConnect was contacted for comment.
