You couldn't make it up.

[Mick_J]

Some bloke (probably a Yank) wants to sue Nirvana for using his naked body on the front of one of their albums.  It has caused him years and years of mental strain and anguish and the constant ridicule has ruined his life, he did not give his permission to used as a sex worker and feature in child porn.
The fact that a solicitor is even giving him office time just makes me wander what next.   

I wonder if I could sue my mother for forcing me to eat baby food. 

[Hooli]

Now this maybe be too obvious but at that age won't his parents have given permission & got paid for it etc?

Utter load of shite, he needs a kick in the balls & told to piss off.

[Kiwifruit]

Not a particularly PC response Hooli...... you'd never make a kiwi in our new land of 'Compassion & Kindness'.

[Globalrider]

Hooli - I'm going to report you to the Moderator as you have hurt my feelings!! 

Stan
From the land of reconciliation, painted gay crosswalks, fudge pack'n, lesbee friends and junkies all claiming mental issues. Make me wanna puke!  - Did I just say that?? greif!

[Hooli]

I value honesty and truth far above PC, if only the rest of society was allowed to do the same.

[KiwiCol]

Not a particularly PC response Hooli...... you'd never make a kiwi in our new land of 'Compassion & Kindness'.

What Hooli needs is to be made to sit & watch the daily Cindy & Ashley show, over & over, then after 2 weeks of that, he'll be eligible, or completely insane!   

[VladTepes]

I saw the guy interviewed a number of years back and he though tit was pretty cool he's on the album.

Now suddenly he sees a chance of another payday, in light of all this modern bullshit.

The Former Baby From Nirvana's Famous Album Cover Was Motivated to Sue After the Band Blew Off His Art Show
Spencer Elden, now a painter, alleges that the band exploited him as a minor.

Taylor Dafoe, August 25, 2021

On the cover of an iconic 1991 album, a baby chased a dollar bill in a pool. Three decades later, he's doing the same thing, but in court.

Spencer Elden, who appeared naked on the front of Nirvana's landmark album Nevermind when he was just four months old, is now suing the band for commercial child sexual exploitation.

In the complaint, filed this week in California's Central District Court, Elden alleges that he has suffered "lifelong damages" after the band "leveraged the shocking nature of his image to promote themselves and their music."

He notes that his legal guardians never signed a release "authorizing the use of any images of Spencer or of his likeness, and certainly not of commercial child pornography depicting him."

Among those named in the suit are two surviving former members of Nirvana, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic; the overseers of deceased frontman Kurt Cobain's estate, including Courtney Love; the photographer who took the image, Kirk Weddle; as well as several record companies associated with the album.

The defendant is seeking damages, attorney fees, and a jury trial. His lawyer did not immediately respond to Artnet News's request for comment, nor did representatives for the band.

Elden, now 30 and an artist himself, has had a complicated relationship with the Nirvana cover, among the most recognizable in all of popular music.

As a young man, he re-created the pool scene on numerous occasions, including for the album's 10th, 15th, and 25th anniversaries. He has the word "nevermind" tattooed on his chest.   

However, his enthusiasm appears to have waned in recent years. In a 2016 interview with GQ Australia, Elden said his stance on the photograph changed after he reached out to Nirvana to see if the band would participate in an art show he was putting on. "I was asking if they wanted to put a piece of art in the fucking thing," he said. "I was getting referred to their managers and their lawyers. Why am I still on their cover if I'm not that big of a deal?"

In that same interview, Elden discussed the negative aspects of the notoriety, too. When asked if the cover affected his relationships, he said, "Totally. Everyone thinks you're making money from it."

"You'll hook up with a hot chick, and then they figure out you're not making any money from it and they'll dump you," he went on. "You have these people who think you're cool because you're the Nirvana baby. But it's fucking weird, man. It's like that dream where you go to school without your clothes on."

After high school, Elden interned for the artist Shepard Fairey. He went to the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, and now maintains a painting practice.

Most accounts point to Cobain as the originator of Nevermind's cover concept; it was inspired by a documentary he had seen about underwater births. Weddle, a photographer friend of Elden's father, paid the family $200 for the original shoot.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/spencer-elden-sues-nirvana-over-cover-image-2002468

So in short
* The family was paid (albeit a nominal sum) with no restrictions put in place at that time as to usage.
* The concept was Kurt Cobain's.
* The success of the album is due to the music and not some random naked baby on the cover.
* This bleating idiot - an "artist" -  is bitter because the band didn't want to be involved in his art project.

As for   

You'll hook up with a hot chick, and then they figure out you're not making any money from it and they'll dump you

 

[DP1400]

That does it - i'm gonna sue the local council for having me 'somewhere' on their CCTV cameras 

[Kiwifruit]

That does it - i'm gonna sue the local council for having me 'somewhere' on their CCTV cameras 

DP1400...... you can't sue anyone just because you've featured on Crimewatch   

[Eric GSX1400K3]

That does it - i'm gonna sue the local council for having me 'somewhere' on their CCTV cameras 

Not naked I hope?

[Eric GSX1400K3]

That does it - i'm gonna sue the local council for having me 'somewhere' on their CCTV cameras 

Cool album, cool band, that guy who's suing is a tool (we know cos it's on the photo) and needs to step off and get a life.

[MarkN]

Not seen this story but I assume it's in the US so, although I completely agree with Hooli re a kick in the bollocks he'll probably win. Remember the McDonald's hot coffee case some years ago. The courts should tell these twats to do one and fine solicitors who try to bring such cases to court.

[grog]

Not worth talking about, just enjoy one of lifes best records. IMO only. Pearl 10 was 30 yrs old also this week, another one of the best.

[VladTepes]

Pearl 10 was 30 yrs old also this week, another one of the best.

You mean 10 by Pearl Jam, I assume?

[grog]

Yeah Mate, thats the one.