TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 11: Musician/actor Chris Cornell and wife Vicky Karayiannis arrive at the premiere of “Machine Gun Preacher” at Roy Thomson Hall during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images).
The remaining members of Soundgarden have reached an agreement with Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky that gives them control of the band’s social media accounts. The band members were locked out of the accounts earlier this year as part of a legal dispute. After regaining control, they announced a new social media policy that will ban trolls or “insance conspiracy theories” about Cornell’s death.
Great news from @soundgarden. pic.twitter.com/Xoo8hr8G1U
— Adib Hidayat (@AdibHidayat) June 16, 2021
It’s just one of several ongoing legal battles between Vicky and the band – including a fight over royalties and who owns the rights to seven unreleased recordings Cornell made before he died.
What do you think would be the fairest deal Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell could reach? Who should have a claim to Chris Cornell’s last recordings?