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Australia’s ABC Tells Far-Right Party to Stop Using ‘Bluey’ Character
ABC says One Nation’s Bluey parody is an infringement and will send a cease-and-desist letter, with damages also under consideration.
- On Tuesday, ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks told Senate Estimates in Canberra that the broadcaster is pursuing legal action against One Nation for unauthorized use of the animated character Bluey in its Please Explain series.
- Published two years ago, the video depicts Bluey driving an SUV and running over Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. One Nation claims the cartoon is satire, a defense the ABC rejects as intellectual property infringement.
- Labor Senator Varun Ghosh described the video as "heinous" during the hearing. Marks called the depiction a "shocking use of Australia's most loved character" that is "disrespectful to the children of Australia."
- Marks confirmed the ABC is working with general counsel to issue a cease-and-desist letter. One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson denies any intellectual property infringement, stating the matter involves her party and the executive in Victoria.
- Communications Minister Anika Wells called on One Nation to explain the cartoons, stating the ABC is "right to be concerned." The party previously apologized for other cartoons mocking Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.
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Australian public channel ABC demanded on Wednesday that the far right party One Nation stop using Bluey in its publications.
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