Activision: Courtney Love signed agreement

MCV Staff 11th September 2009 Business News

Activision has claimed it received the proper permission to use Kurt Cobain’s likeness in Guitar Hero 5.

The publisher released a statement responding to Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, who insisted the Nirvana frontman’s appearance was a breach of contract” and that she would sue the sh*t out of Activision”.

Activision said: Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain’s likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero 5.”

The two surviving members of Nirvana, Kirst Novoselic and Dave Grohl, have also expressed their disapproval of Cobain’s in-game appearance.

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