WTF: Oh FFS (Nirvana Nevermind baby lawsuit)

[GomezAddams]

so If I show a photo of my dog and it happens to have his weiner in view does that mean it's animal pRon ?

AFAIK, there's no laws against viewing naked animals.

 

[GomezAddams]

Mariora Goschen, she's in her 60's now.

Let's hope she doesn't feel compelled to recreate the album cover.

 

[mongooz]

Let's hope she doesn't feel compelled to recreate the album cover.

i dunno....maybe they'll put her on the cover of AARP

 

[DdBob]

i dunno....maybe they'll put her on the cover of AARP

Oh FFS!


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[mongooz]

Oh FFS!


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hey...it can't be called C.P.

 

[Jbird]

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/25/1030918537/spencer-elden-nirvana-nevermind-baby-cover-lawsuit

Reading some comments on a youtube news video about this, many people were saying about 5 years ago the kid was bragging about how much he got laid for being the cover baby.
Now at age 30, he wants money?

What's the Wein internet lawyer opinion?

 

[PunkKitty]

His parents allowed the photo to be used. He should sue them.

 

[PunkKitty]

Maybe this guy should sue his parents. They allowed the photo to be used.

 

[DdBob]

most likely ...yep I'm sure tyhe fame got him some , etc and now he's around the age where a home and a nicer car, etc look good or perhaps he's had enough of the daily grind and he sees his friends doing remote work and he cant so he figure LAWSUIT ....cha ching!

 

[GomezAddams]

Already being discussed here: https://markweinguitarlessons.com/forums/threads/oh-ffs.102584/page-2#post-1897442

 

[DdBob]

never mind

 

[Jbird]

I guess I should open/read other threads, since pmc100 already posted about this!

Mods can fold this one into the other thread, or delete this one

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Even in the early 90’s, I am sure there was some paperwork, and I am sure the parent(s) signed it. Not my area, but doesn’t seem like a strong suit. But perhaps the suits will want to just settle for nuisance value, which in a high profile case, which I suppose this COULD be (or it might be a “who cares” thing after a week or so) might include enough money to pay at least for some counseling, recognizing the group’s comments regarding encouraging such lawsuits.

I am not, nor have I ever been, a big firm or corporate type lawyer, and I have no idea how the suits make these decisions.

 

[Motorik]

They should give him the dollar bill, it seems only fair.

 

[mongooz]

They should give him the dollar bill, it seems only fair.

adjusting for inflation, etc., it would be $1.98 today.

 

[GilmourD]

Isn't the guy only asking for $120K or something like that?

 

[MonkeyZero]

They should put him in a room with Courtney for a couple hours. I bet he'd back down.

 

[DdBob]

Isn't the guy only asking for $120K or something like that?

150 k x 15 defendants

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Well, I just took a minute to see if the folks signed anything. BBC’s information is no. If that is correct, and it went down like the parents say, perhaps they do owe the kid some money. Whether or not he promoted himself with the notoriety a few years ago.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58327844

 

[GilmourD]

Well, I just took a minute to see if the folks signed anything. BBC’s information is no. If that is correct, and it went down like the parents say, perhaps they do owe the kid some money. Whether or not he promoted himself with the notoriety a few years ago.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58327844

Which is fair, he is due money.

But suing the band rather than Geffen for anything less than a couple million is the wrong way to go about it. Album art back then would have been handled by the label and the label made all the real money on the album, so I think he's barking up the wrong tree for too little.