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There is a legal difference between art and pornography. Nirvana will obviously claim that the image is art. Elden’s lawyers disagree, and they’re asking for $150,000 from a lot of people.
A panel of federal appellate judges has reversed the dismissal of a child porn lawsuit filed against the former rock band Nirvana by the man who was photographed as a four-month-old baby for the ...
Last month, Nirvana issued a statement about the lawsuit it faces over its Nevermind album art, and in it, the band says, “ [Spencer] Elden’s claim that the photograph on the Nevermind album ...
I wanted it to be an artistic statement. Because there’s been so much written and put out on Nirvana, I needed to find my angle to it, and that was the art of my photographs.
Thirty years after Nirvana released its album “Nevermind” in 1991, Spencer Elden, perhaps better known as the naked baby on the album’s cover art, is suing the band over claims of “child ...
The suit seeks either $150,000 from each of the 17 defendants – which include former members of Nirvana, various record companies, art directors and others – or unspecified damages to be ...
Man who appeared on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' cover renews plea to remove his genitalia from album art Elise Brisco USA TODAY 0:00 ...
Spencer Elden, now a painter, alleges that the band exploited him as a minor. Spencer Elden recreates his pose from the cover of Nirvana's album Nevermind, shot when he was a baby, 25 years later.
Spencer Elden, the man suing legendary grunge rock band Nirvana for alleged sexual exploitation after appearing as a nude infant on the group's Nevermind album cover, has just 10 days to refile ...
Bruce Pavitt will be in conversation with Michael Azerrad and signing copies of ‘Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989’ at Rough Trade NYC on Saturday, 1/11, at 4:00 p.m.