Turns out she hadn't says Ultimate Guitar:
"Courtney never approved the use of these images [for commercial gain] nor would she ever approve it. She knew nothing about it," Love publicist Alan Nierob tells E! Online.
The rep said British law, unlike American, appears to allow companies to use the images of dead celebrities without explicit permission from their estates. Nierob said that Love was having her lawyers double check, but added that any suggestion she'd take legal action at this point was "premature."Dr. Martens wasn't willing to push the issue. Facing a PR nightmare and backlash from the same fans the company was trying to court, the shoemaker said it was scuttling the campaign.
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