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Guitar Hero 5 Uses Cobain's Image Illegally: Love

Nirvana frontman's widow threatens to sue Activision

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 10, 2009 4:58 PM CDT

(Newser) – Kurt Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, says she plans to sue Activision for allegedly including the Nirvana frontman’s image in its Guitar Hero 5 without permission, MTV reports. “For the record this Guitar Hero shit is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction," she tweets. "WE are going to sue the shit out of ACtivision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."

Courtney Love in 2007.
Courtney Love in 2007.   (AP Photo)
An undated file photo shows Nirvana lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain.
An undated file photo shows "Nirvana" lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain.   (AP Photo)
A scene from Guitar Hero 5.
A scene from "Guitar Hero 5."   (AP Photo)
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YOU for dismissing me as a LOON, go f---ing play guitar hero commit necrophilai KNOW you are raping me and my family mother in law child. - Courtney Love on...

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jagerhans
Sep 11, 2009 10:07 AM CDT
fair is fair. she still is kurt's widow and if someone is illicitly capitalizing on his image she has the right to react, no matter what she is or does. I'd better prefer to spend a weekend with courtney rather than with mrs palin, though, i'd feel *a lot* less threatened by a psycho, lol.
emptycalm
Sep 11, 2009 2:35 AM CDT
What a money grubbing bitch.
alicia
Sep 11, 2009 1:59 AM CDT
she didn't care about his image when she sold his guitar, a couple years back.

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