Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Baby Album Cover
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deadline.comA federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by a man who, when he was a baby, was featured on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album more than 30 years ago.Spencer Elden sued Nirvana, record companies, Courtney Love and others last summer, claiming that the album cover violated federal criminal child pornography laws and was “commercial sexual exploitation.”Elden’s parents never signed a release authorizing the use of the photos taken of the four-month-old baby in a Pasadena aquatic center in 1990 and Elden received no compensation, his lawyers alleged.U.S.
District Judge Fernando M. Olguin on Monday granted the defendants motion to dismiss the lawsuit. But the judge also said that Elden would get “one last opportunity” to amend his
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