Courtney Love suing over Guitar Hero 5
Courtney Love has announced that she will be suing Activision for breach of contract in Guitar Hero 5.
While it isn't clear exactly what Courtney Love takes issue with in Guitar Hero 5, she has indicated that she'll be taking legal action against Activision over Guitar Hero 5, which features ex-Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain as a character.
"For the record this Guitar Hero s**t is breach of contract on a Bullys part and there will be a proper addressing of this and retraction," said Courtney Love via her official Twitter account.
Cobain's role as a character in the game means that his model can be used for a variety of different songs and animations, which more than a few people have described as being a bit strange and uncomfortable to watch - though you can listed to the official bit-tech and Custom PC Gaming Podcast for our brief thoughts on the matter.
"WE are going to sue the s**t out of Activision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises," reaffirmed Courtney Love later.
Courtney's official twitter feed has since run into a very long, NSFW rant about the game, so check it out if you want the full skinny on the topic - there's simply too much swearing to justify replicating it all here.
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What a bitch...
Likeness rights are pretty much copyrighting someone's appearance. As Courtney owns Cobain's she can license them out to whoever she chooses, including Activision for use in GH5...which she did. ANd is now angry that Activision took some liberties with it. Like making Kurt rap.
Looking through the Twitter, it sounds like she's doing it for the Money, TBH. She's been bitching about that all day.
She licensed activision. Sorry to hear that she now regrets the decision. Hope she loses the court case (unlikely, not impossible)
Is that really possible to own someone else's appearance? I can see this getting thrown out of court.
George Lucas famously owns Mark Hamil's iirc. yes, likeness rights are a real, genuine commodity.
I think it's more a sobriety thing, then a spelling thing.
It was a time and place thing.
Had to be there, at the right age...
Smells like teen spirit kicked a lot of it off.....
No more Charlie and his cat (meow), and distorted guitars abound ;)
Ah right I get it :) darn abreviations :p
not safe for work. ;)
Link to transcript
Activision wouldn't have gone this far to release date without dotting the i's and crossing the t's in legal stuff. If they've put him in it's because someone has signed to say they can. It may have been after one of Courtney's lost weekend's or years.
The 1990s called and left a message for you. They said to tell you to stfu.
lol, I kid, I kid...
As themcman alluded to, NSFW is "Not Safe For Work", i.e. Contains nudity, foul language, violence or other nastyness that might not go down too well with the management of whatever company you work for.
+1. Money grabbing ****
We seem to be forgetting that Jimi Hendrix was in the last game. They are music legends and deserve to be remembered. This will introduce the music of our youth to a new generation. I will also assume that Cobain Enterprises must have been involved as the songs are being used, they need to be OK'ed legally before they are used. She hasn't a leg to stand on...Stupid bi*ch.
LOL
I didn't realise it was april 1st and was considering going down to the station later that day rofl sucks we don't have many good artists, and when we do they seem to can't help but be destructive- like the cost of being a genius.. so much pain and then add pressure of being a idol and they break.. courtney is actually very smart- she puts up the dumb b front though.. just read some of her rants when cobain was alive sometime- she's very learned, and actually makes sense when she talks about the music industry and how jacked up it was at the time
(And then this one since it's become pointless ;-)