Nirvana has won a court ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed by the man who appeared as a nude baby on the cover of the band’s 1991 album Nevermind.
Now in his 30s, Spencer Elden claimed the photo – one of the most iconic album covers in rock history – violated federal child pornography laws by displaying a sexualized image of a minor.
But a federal judge ruled plainly on Tuesday that it was “not child pornography” – saying the famed image did not even come close to meeting the definition of such illegal content under federal law.
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