Two weeks ago, the attorneys for the defendants, including several large record companies, filed for a dismissal of Elden’s case. For instance, Elden has a large Nirvana tattoo, as well as recreating the album cover for its 10th anniversary with Rolling Stone. This is, largely in part, due to actions which seemingly contradict these expressed feelings. Claims that his image featuring on the cover resulted in damages to his education, work wages, and “enjoyment of life” were treated with suspicion. The Nirvana Nevermind cover lawsuit attracted attention, not just because of the scale of the artists involved, but the somewhat tenuous case made by Elden. Others amongst the 17 accused include various record company executives, and the photographer of the original image, Robert Fisher. Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain’s widow and manager of Cobain’s estate, was also in the firing line. Suing 17 defendants for $150,000 each, Elden took on the band’s surviving members, including Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. Elden, who is now in his early 30s, claimed that the image of him swimming naked in a pool was not used with proper consent, and has been tantamount to child abuse.
In August last year, Spencer Elden (aka the baby on the Nevermind album cover) sued Nirvana and a number of associates.
The Nirvana Nevermind cover lawsuit, filed by the subject of the album art last year, has been dismissed by the ruling judge.
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