![]() ![]() Wire service provided by Associated Press. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. #NIRVANA NEVERMIND COVER RECREATION CODE#TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. In their December motion Nirvana lawyers argued the statute of limitations had expired more than a decade ago, and that Elden’s claim that the photo constituted child pornography was “not serious.” The lawsuit said Elden had suffered “extreme and permanent emotional distress,” as well as “lifelong loss of income earning capacity.” The album went on to sell 30 million copies, with songs such as “Smells Like Teen Spirit” becoming American pop cultural touchstones.īut neither Elden nor his legal guardians “ever signed a release authorizing the use of any images of Spencer or of his likeness, and certainly not of commercial child pornography depicting him,” the original lawsuit said.Īccording to court documents Elden had never received any compensation for the image, and asked for $150,000 in damages from each of the 15 defendants - including the surviving former members of the band, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, as well as the estate of the late lead singer Kurt Cobain, and the photographer, Kirk Weddle. In 1991, when he was four months old, Elden was photographed naked in a swimming pool reaching for a dollar bill on a fish hook, an image that become one of the most iconic album covers of all time. ![]()
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