Courtney Love intends to sue Activision over Guitar Hero 5's reanimated Cobain [update]

If you were disgusted by the inclusion of a playable Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5, you weren't the only one: Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, has gone on record (well, on Twitter, anyway, in what looks a lot like Courtney Love's real Twitter account) to register her disapproval, saying, "For the record this Guitar Hero (expletive) is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction." Love plans to "sue the (expletive) out of Activision," speaking for herself, Cobain's estate, and "the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises."

She claims to have never given approval for a Kurt Cobain avatar. "We have NOTHING to do with this," she said across two tweets (presented here as originally typed, with the exception of connecting the two messages). "it was presented to me and oi said 'show me a better avataR' TO DRAG MY HEELS., never did i intend on allowing GUITARHERO for me or for Kurt i am NOT yoko (expletive) Ono no ofense to her, but i am a different person entirely and this is insane."

The Cobain avatar was upsetting enough when we thought Love had signed off on it. But now that we hear she hasn't, we're worried for our own sakes. We could all end up playable in a Guitar Hero game at any time.

[Via Perez Hilton, thanks, Andrew M.!]

Update: Activision responds to these tweets here, claiming that Love did indeed okay the use of the avatar.

Reader Comments (129)

That bitch is crazy.

Some cash and a case of oxycontin and she'll go away.

From the above statements, it would also appear she’s a rather eloquent individual who is capable of communicating her thoughts.

The problem is that she HAS cash and oxycontin.

That bitch is crazy. They wouldn't risk a lawsuit by not getting permission. It's not how things are done.

"i will KNIFE one of those motherfuckers, KArsh is in NYC and i want to kick in his door hes been in cahoots and using Kurts estate since he"

I hit enter before I was done.

That bitch is crazy.

That is all.

Who's permission do you need? Its unlikely anyone would want to approach her with anything related to him. she's craaazzy.

I assume they made sure it'd be legal to do this. That bitch is crazy.

Sounds like somebody needs some money!

Also,

LMAO at the first three commenters above me "Bitch is crazy!!!"

Don't break the combo, man!

That bitch is crazy

What a crazy bitch.

Am I doing it right?

Bitch are you crazy?

She might not know karate, but she sure does knows caraaazy!

I'm Rick James, bitch!

That's a HUGE bit... wait no... That bitch is crazy!

I'm the Juggernaut, and that bitch is crazy!

REMIX!!!

!!!yzarc eb hctib tahT

"She claims to have never given approval for a Kurt Cobain avatar"

Like she would remember if she did or not. Activision probably just gave her some crack and she signed her name as she was burying her face in the pile.

It sounds like you mean cocaine, that's the one you snort, crack is crystallized and smoke. Just thought I'd point that out.

TMAC, good work on the sting operation, you have drawn out the Joystiq crackhead Gamer4Life and the virtual streets are safe again!

Looks like someone knows his drugs >_>.

Btw, Bitch be trippin' balls.

Kurt Cobain sucks anyways, so who cares if he has a playable avatar or not. And calling Courtney Love a crazy bitch is an understatement. She would be nothing without Kurt. She needs to be shot.

He's overhyped because of his death but he still had credible talent nonetheless. It's a shame the creative inspiration probably came from the same feelings that made him commit suicide.

Still, you have to admit:

That bitch is crazy.

I feel sorry for Courtney... everyone thinks she's crazy. Just because she's crazy doesn't mean she's craaazy.

She really misses her husband who died in a freak gasoline fight accident.

I hope u r referencing Zoolander otherwise... this cat is craaazzyy

WHAT?!

Down you go.

I meant to type "up", honestly....

That comment is craaazzyyy!

I hope this is the only time I see “via Perez Hilton” on the end of a Joystiq post.

Agreed

C-C-C-Combo Breaker!

There were like 6 straight posts calling Courtney crazy and your ruined it.

You ruuuuinnned it!

No Cody broke the combo. That bitch is crazy.

Sprinkles, I hate to do this...he may give gay people a bad name, but you're not exactly Harvey Milk either...

I honestly used to think Perez Hilton was kinda funny, until that whole Black Eyed Peas thing. When you make fun of people for a living, don't cry when one of them takes a swing at you.

*sigh*

Must we suffer through this again?

Things were so nice around here for a while.

Sprinkles, if you would learn some etiquette and not publicly bash everything you don't personally like or agree with, I doubt we would have half of these arguments.

And what does Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft have to do with this post?

Damn Sprinkles, you are good at attracting attention, which is something you are always seeking.

Don't worry, you are the most infamous member of Joystiq if it makes you feel any better. There's not many 24 year olds that act less than half their age, troll a website for over a year, being banned over 20 times, unable to take a joke, take an apology, act like a man, etc.

Congrats man, congrats.

Don't worry, your a much better person than me, you are just misunderstood, that's all. Hey, if you keep on keeping on, you'll be loved and adored here on Joystiq, your greater than all of us and we are all just jealous, that's why we ban you, your just too damn good for us.

Raistlin didnt even do anything wrong. You guys just like picking on him...

Who is this "Sprinkles" and why is he important?

Wait, I guess he's not.

clanboru15, its obvious that your new here. Its a good thing too. ; )

And this is why I lurk joystiq.
You guys are better than a soap opera.
The drama, the romance, this has it all.

Sprinkles, I believe people's general disdain for you here actually has little to do with what you're saying. It's how you go about it. Everyone here is opinionated, and almost everyone here get's into the occasional disagreement with someone. However, you seem to be one of the only people here that turn's every single little spat into a comment section dominating argument of great-american novel sized proportions. You realize you can disagree with someone without having to type paragraph after insulting paragraph defending every single sentence you type? What do you have to prove anyways?

Quit being so defensive, roll with the punches and lighten up.

*sigh*

And her I thought you we gone.....

From a gay guy to another: GO AWAY!!!!

This is my first time in the comment section here and damn, that Sprinkles is crazzzzay.

This will be fun to watch no matter which way things go... I wonder how much this will cost Activision, if they did use his likeness without proper legal authority.

They dug up his coffin, placed a pen in his stiff hand and moved a contract infront of it.

Activision ROCKS

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