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Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:08 am
by MKJ
oh, she mad
her late husband Kurt Cobain is a character in GH5 and she feels he isnt applied with enough respect (I agree btw.. wtf is this shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuAoEW5MbI )
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.
WE are going to sue the shit out of ACtivision we being the Trust the Estate the LLC the various LLCs Cobain Enterprises.
she's still ranting about it on her twitter -
http://twitter.com/CourtneyLover79
Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic announced that they agree, tho they dont have a say in this
This is a statement regarding Nirvana, Guitar Hero and the likeness of the late Kurt Cobain.
We want people to know that we are dismayed and very disappointed in the way a facsimile of Kurt is used in the Guitar Hero game. The name and likeness of Kurt Cobain are the sole property of his estate - we have no control whatsoever in that area.
While we were aware of Kurt's image being used with two Nirvana songs, we didn't know players have the ability to unlock the character. This feature allows the character to be used with any kind of song the player wants. We urge Activision to do the right thing in "re-locking" Kurt's character so that this won't continue in the future.
It's hard to watch an image of Kurt pantomiming other artists' music alongside cartoon characters. Kurt Cobain wrote songs that hold a lot of meaning to people all over the world. We feel he deserves better.
Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl
full story;
http://kotaku.com/5356726/activision-co ... tar-hero-5
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:17 am
by vileliquid1026
I was reading about this somewhere yesterday. I don't know her reasoning for this and to be honest I assume she is just going after some money. Never a Courtney Love fan. But I do agree with her and I do think it is disrespectful.
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:46 am
by Eraser
I've been going over her tweets (does that sound raunchy or what?) and this woman doesn't make any kind of sense.
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:49 am
by scared?
she signed off on it and helped design the avatar...
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:17 pm
by andyman
I got the game last week and only played it once... if you ask me guitar hero never did right on ANY of Nirvana's songs, all the dots always seem out of rythm.
The only song I like to play on the whole disc is Sultans of Swing... guitar hero is falling off.
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:24 pm
by MKJ
scared? wrote:she signed off on it and helped design the avatar...
yea
she mad about him prancing around, apparently she did not sighn off on that
much like every other artist's likeness is only being used with their own songs.
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:40 pm
by plained
the guys image should be upholded to the spec the old lady and the band decide r appropriate.
to everbody else its a money/glory grab ey so yea fine,
but have some respect lamas!
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:43 pm
by MKJ
andyman wrote:I got the game last week and only played it once... if you ask me guitar hero never did right on ANY of Nirvana's songs, all the dots always seem out of rythm.
The only song I like to play on the whole disc is Sultans of Swing... guitar hero is falling off.
wondering, did you get the freezepop pack for RB?
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:48 pm
by Don Carlos
They all use standard animations for the most part, with a few bits and peices for specific "guests"
She should have been made aware of this to be honest...
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:55 pm
by scared?
i actually think gh5 is pretty good...they just fucked up the drum chart on 'sultans of swing' something awful...me mad...
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:58 pm
by shaft
old
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:50 pm
by andyman
MKJ wrote:andyman wrote:I got the game last week and only played it once... if you ask me guitar hero never did right on ANY of Nirvana's songs, all the dots always seem out of rythm.
The only song I like to play on the whole disc is Sultans of Swing... guitar hero is falling off.
wondering, did you get the freezepop pack for RB?
Haven't touched rockband in a long time, what songs are on the freezepop pack? I have all their cd's
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:58 pm
by seremtan
oh for the love of sweet jeebus that is fucking outrageous
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:05 pm
by plained
now that i actually spec'ed that
i find i feel disgusted
i know curt upset alot alot of people , but these tears show a really deep seated negative emotion fest.
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:09 pm
by scared?
i think it's funny...nirvana fans r morons...kurt was a crybaby moron...i mean what kind of moron kills himself for no good reason anyways?...
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:07 pm
by Don Carlos
Your a moron though
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:09 pm
by shaft
You're
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:17 pm
by plained
i just think abot that really big awards show footage where he was spitting on the supercams lennes
fucking unny as ell!
he was soooo happy ey
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:33 pm
by Transient
I can see how she can be touchy and defensive on the subject of Cobain's portrayal in GH5, but I don't see anything wrong with having him as an unlockable character. His music/legacy doesn't hold the same weight with everyone...
That aside, I have no idea if she has an actual legal leg to stand on.
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:02 pm
by seremtan
or at least a leg without track marks
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:13 pm
by Peenyuh
Courtney is a hoe-biscuit. Always has been.
Oh, and she had him killed. no suicide
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:14 pm
by MKJ
andyman wrote:
Haven't touched rockband in a long time, what songs are on the freezepop pack? I have all their cd's
science genius girl (remixed for RB)
less talk more rokk
get ready 2 rokk
no tracey gold
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:26 pm
by Don Carlos
Fuck sake - I just went and bought this for some reason...
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:34 pm
by Don Carlos
Returned! That was close...
Re: Courtney Love is about to sue over Guitar Hero 5
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:14 pm
by diego
MKJ is a fucking nerd.