Courtney Love angry with Activision

PALGN News | She's going to 'sue the s***' out of them.

Courtney Love, musician and widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, has hit out big time at Activision over Cobain's virtual appearance in Guitar Hero 5.

"For the record, this Guitar Hero s*** is breach of contract on a bully's part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction," Love posted on her Twitter. "We are going to sue the shit out of Activision. We being the Trust, the Estate, the LLC, [and] the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."

"FOR THE RECORD I DID NOT APPROVE KURT'S AVATAR FOR GUITAR HERO 5," Love posted in upper case. "I think Kurt would despise this game alone, let alone this avatar [being in it]."

Incidently, Guitar Hero 5 is out next Wednesday on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PS2.

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25 Comments

Swanny

2 years ago

isn't one of her bands songs in rockband?

JD-Ferel

2 years ago

Swanny wrote

isn't one of her bands songs in rockband?

I think it's not so much the fact his song was used; but his image. Personally I just think she's wound a little too tightly. But we can only see what will happen.

GoldenEyeRa

2 years ago

YES! This could become epic! Finally something huge on this front!

Mega64 are gonna love this, then hopefully there'll be epic fallout on Activision's behalf (they need to lose some money, seriously)... RETRACTION would be magic! Comic gold!

All the kids who would refuse to update their GH5 because they want to keep the version with Cobain in it!

This could be the biggest thing in the last two years or so!

djrussell

2 years ago

Courtney Love is a dickhead, nuff said.

IISpacebreakII

2 years ago

Her tone seems fabricated, its almost as if in her response she is forcing herself to be angry, rather than actually genuinely caring for her husband of late.

Now comes the question, who can own an individual?

waz79

2 years ago

drugs are expensive

Lord Haart

2 years ago

Heh, I'm with GoldenEye, this is just hilarious, love it when the entertainment industry turns on itself. My bet is that he would have been fine with it, but Courtney just wants more Moolah.

ashlar

2 years ago

waz79 wrote

drugs are expensive

and doesn't she know it.

RichieT23

2 years ago

She's a total freak.
However she is right in saying: "I think Kurt would despise this game alone, let alone this avatar [being in it]."

notsofat

2 years ago

i google image'd "courtney love" to see if she was attractive.

then i googled "courtney love young"

then i googled "courtney love photoshoot"

then i gave up.

dloiscute

2 years ago

Regardless of how much she is overreacting, I hope Activison get sued big time and wake up and realise that they aren't the second coming of Christ to the video game industry.

lapzod

2 years ago

Is there a videogame company that gamers don't hate?

GooberMan

2 years ago

And let it be noted in history that this is the first sensible thing Courtney Love has ever done.

Jaws

2 years ago

I can't believe Activision didn't seek approval to have a celebrity in their game. What were they thinking?

Swanny

2 years ago

Jaws wrote

I can't believe Activision didn't seek approval to have a celebrity in their game. What were they thinking?

Hmmm maybe they did ask permission and this is a nice bit of publicity for them... it is making people talk....

GooberMan

2 years ago

Also, I take back what I said. Not signing the damned contract in the first place would have been the most sensible thing she ever did.

Infested Jibbs

2 years ago

Pfft contracts, that will never hold up in court*shifty eyes*

.....court...courtney....court love.....nup, no pun available.

RXWAG

2 years ago

what a tard. maybe if her nostrils weren't so full of...........you know, she might have been thinking clearly...

LeonJ

2 years ago

I think this whole thing is hilarious.

x7h3CUREx

2 years ago

Jaws wrote

I can't believe Activision didn't seek approval to have a celebrity in their game. What were they thinking?

they probably did but that no talent slapper was probably to off her face to remember.

Nic_231

2 years ago

When the entertainment industry turns on itself, we all lose.
Having game publishers bogged down in legal proceedings does no good for us gamers. Just look at Brutal Legend.
Seems unlikely that she would not have been aware of what she signed away, and even if she was it really doesn't matter. Unless there was some sort of misrepresentation on Activision's part she will be bound to what she signed. Not their fault if she chose not to read the contract.

DancesInUnderwear

2 years ago

Qbert

2 years ago

Spacebreak wrote

Her tone seems fabricated, its almost as if in her response she is forcing herself to be angry, rather than actually genuinely caring for her husband of late.

What are the odds that Activision gave her more money to create some controversy about it? Any publicity is good publicity.

And why would she be angry? She's the one who killed Kurt.

unlachs

2 years ago

[quote="GooberMan"]And let it be noted in history that this is the first sensible thing Courtney Love has ever done.[/quote

incorrect. the first sensible thing she did was record 1991's "Pretty on the Inside". incredible album that.

then after that it was all down hill really.

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