Before reading on, watch the video above. It’s from Guitar Hero 5, and shows the inclusion of Kurt Cobain’s likeness – a very good one too – as an avatar in the game. But what’s causing a right royal rumpus today is the fact that the character doesn’t just appear when gamers are playing Nirvana songs – he can be unlocked for use on other tracks too.Such as Bon Jovi’s ‘You Give Love A Bad Name’.Which, as even fairly casual Nirvana fans will tell you, isn’t quite reflective of Kurt’s actual musical tastes when he was alive. And that’s putting it lightly.Music journalist Everett True posted a no-punches-pulled verdict on his blog, accusing Courtney Love and Dave Grohl – in their roles as Nirvana rightsholders – of being “F***ing corporate cock-sucking memory-destroying fret-wanking MTV-supporting fame-chasing money-grabbing grave-turning publicity-loving vacuous spoiled jaded c***ing rock whores.”And now Courtney Love herself is angrily tweeting that it’s not her fault and that she’s going to sue the game’s publisher Activision for breach of contract.It remains to be seen whether that’s true, but it has to be said, Activision should have seen this problem coming a long way off when it started licensing avatars in this way. Whether it has the legal right to make the virtual Cobain mime to any song it wants or not, for fans it may undermine the reason for including Kurt in the game in the first place.
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