Nirvana win lawsuit over Nevermind baby album cover

The Guardian says Spencer Elden, who appeared on the cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind as a baby, has lost his lawsuit claiming that the image constituted child sexual abuse.

In the suit Elden claimed that the album cover, which depicts him at four months old and was taken by a family friend, had caused him “permanent harm” and a “lifelong loss of income-earning capacity”.

The family were originally paid around $200 (£173) for use of the image. Elden’s suit claimed: “Defendants knowingly produced, possessed and advertised commercial child pornography depicting Spencer.”

Elden said that as a child, he had been unable to consent to the photo being used and sought £130,000 in damages.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/05/nirvana-win-lawsuit-over-nevermind-baby-album-cover