![]() The lawsuit stemmed from Nirvana’s use of a photo taken by Weddle in 1991 at the Pasadena Aquatic Center in California, which depicted Elden swimming naked toward a dollar bill pierced with a fish hook. Other defendants included Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, late lead singer Kurt Cobain’s widow Courtney Love, several record labels and photographer Kirk Weddle. The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.“He has appeared on a talk show wearing a self-parodying, nude-coloured onesie he has autographed copies of the album cover for sale on eBay, and he has used the connection to try to pick up women. “He has re-enacted the photograph in exchange for a fee many times he has the album title Nevermind tattooed across his chest,” he motion stated. The case, which involved seventeen defendants including the band’s surviving members, members of Kurt Cobain’s estate and the photographer responsible for the cover, explored the ‘psychological damage’ inflicted on Elden as a result of the image and requested that $150,000 be paid out to him in compensation.Ĭommenting on the lawsuit last year, the defendants made a motion to dismiss the case, stating that any damage inflicted on Elden was “not serious” as he had made three decades’ worth of profit by self-anointing himself as the ‘Nirvana Baby’ before filing the lawsuit. ![]() “The court is persuaded that it would be futile to afford plaintiff a fourth opportunity to file an amended complaint.” “In short, because it is undisputed that did not file his complaint within ten years after he discovered a violation… the court concludes that his claim is untimely,” Judge Olguin wrote following the decision. ![]()
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