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nulloperation wrote (edited )

He said that his feelings about the cover began to change “just a few months ago, when I was reaching out to Nirvana to see if they wanted to be part of my art show.”

Reaching out to Nirvana a few months ago, ok? (Nevermind the band don't quite exist.) It sounds like he's holding some other grudge. There's a discussion to be had about privacy rights and about children's rights but the lawsuit goes much further:

“Defendants knowingly produced, possessed, and advertised commercial child pornography depicting Spencer, and they knowingly received value in exchange for doing so,” according to the lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday in federal court in California.

Presumably then you'd be in possession of the cp if you own a copy of the album?! Ouch.

There's some contrast in these two statements from plaintiff:

Mr. Elden suffered “permanent harm” because of his association with the album, including emotional distress and a “lifelong loss of income-earning capacity.”

and

Mr. Elden, who declined to comment on his suit, said in a short documentary in 2015 that the album cover had “opened doors” for him. For example, he worked with Shepard Fairey, the artist who was sued by The Associated Press for using an image of Barack Obama for his piece “Hope.”

I don't think he makes a strong case.

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