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Speaker 1 (00:10):
My Heart podcasts Here more Gold one on one point
seven podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Playlists and listen live on the Free iHeart app. It's
Josias Astral on the Cutting room Floyd today. What have
(00:36):
we got?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
We all know? The album cover for Nirvana's classic album
Nevermind Yep from Memory.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
What's on it? A little baby chasing the dollar in
a swimming pool.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yeah, that's right, little nudy baby, Little nudy baby. The
man who was that nudy baby? His name is Spencer Eldon.
He was four months old at the time. He's swimming
naked underwater in nineteen ninety one. It's been a very famous,
as you say, album cover. He has sued the rock
band Now a couple of times and sued the photographer.
He has said, and this started in twenty twenty one
(01:08):
in a laws that his identity and name were forever
tied to the commercial sexual exploitation that he experienced as
a minor, which has been distributed and sold worldwide. This
was dismissed in twenty twenty two because he had submitted
it after a ten year limit for filing a civil case.
But he has brought the case again and appeals court
(01:30):
overturned that decision allowing him to refile.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Didn't he have a reenactment of it all?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
That?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Wasn't there a reenactment?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
He was twenty I remember seeing a picture of him
sort of paying homage to it, saying this is me
kind of ariston.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I said that was the twentieth anniversary of it, and
his parents at the time. I don't think they paid
a lot of money, and I don't think there was
a residual thing that they got out of it.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
That was the deal that was done at the time.
So anyway, he has once again brought this case forward,
but the judge has now said beyond the fact that
he was naked, nothing quote came close to bringing the
image within the ambit of the child pornography statute. He
said the image was akin to a family photo of
(02:12):
a child bathing, and it's plainly insufficient to support a
finding of child pornography. This is what the judge wrote.
Nudity must be coupled with other circumstances that make the
vision depiction, dscivious or sexually provocative. The judge also cited
factors including the presence of mister Eldon's parents at the
photo shoot, the fact that photographer was a friend, the
(02:33):
fact that he had previously embraced and financially benefited from
being featured on the album cover.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yes, so he's just did him for the dough.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
He's just bitter because he possibly feels that his image
is being used. But suck o, mate, No one's going
to recognize you as the baby.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
No, you're right, he just wants to get This is
a very famous album cover. It wasn't. No one knew
that at the time. I'd like more recompense. That's not
what he's saying.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
If I was his mate, I would say, listen, you
had your time in the sun basking that and that's
what it is. Just because you get your picture immortalized
and it goes global, that's.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
All well and good.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
But you're not going to unless your parents were savvy
enough to sign a great deal that got you in
perpetuity to make the money.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
But that's not going to happen. You lost, mate, Give
it up.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Well. His legal team have told The Rolling Stone that
they respectfully disagree with this decision and they plan to
appeal again.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
This is a quote.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
As long as the entertainment industry prioritizes profits over childhood, privacy, consent,
and dignity. We will continue up a suit for awareness and accountability.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Strugglepot and cuddle Pie, the gumnut babies, they are in
the nude.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
They should be covered up.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
We should draw pants on them. Well we're at it,
let's put pants on the coat of arms. You know
that they've all got areas cover them up.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
But it's like mister red.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Cover because Nirvana with when you buy a never mind
now when you see it like so on your streaming apps.
It's got the cover, but his penis has been photoshopped out,
so he's penisless.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Maybe that's upsetting.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
They did the Crazy Frog they took away. It's penis.
Remember crazy Frog they took away. It's a peace. That's
it because hated No one wanted to see his little
Digcky did.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
No more tadpoles for crazy Frog. That film clip was disturbing.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It's Amansaska. Okay, kids, that's it for the day. Come
back tomorrow for more. Jonesy and Amanda's cutting room block
My Heart podcasts Here more Gold one on one point
seven podcasts.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Playlists and listen live on the Free iHeart app. It's
Josias Astral on the Cutting room Floyd today. What have
(00:36):
we got?
Speaker 1 (00:38):
We all know? The album cover for Nirvana's classic album
Nevermind Yep from Memory.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
What's on it? A little baby chasing the dollar in
a swimming pool.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yeah, that's right, little nudy baby, Little nudy baby. The
man who was that nudy baby? His name is Spencer Eldon.
He was four months old at the time. He's swimming
naked underwater in nineteen ninety one. It's been a very famous,
as you say, album cover. He has sued the rock
band Now a couple of times and sued the photographer.
He has said, and this started in twenty twenty one
(01:08):
in a laws that his identity and name were forever
tied to the commercial sexual exploitation that he experienced as
a minor, which has been distributed and sold worldwide. This
was dismissed in twenty twenty two because he had submitted
it after a ten year limit for filing a civil case.
But he has brought the case again and appeals court
(01:30):
overturned that decision allowing him to refile.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Didn't he have a reenactment of it all?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
That?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Wasn't there a reenactment?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
He was twenty I remember seeing a picture of him
sort of paying homage to it, saying this is me
kind of ariston.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I said that was the twentieth anniversary of it, and
his parents at the time. I don't think they paid
a lot of money, and I don't think there was
a residual thing that they got out of it.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
That was the deal that was done at the time.
So anyway, he has once again brought this case forward,
but the judge has now said beyond the fact that
he was naked, nothing quote came close to bringing the
image within the ambit of the child pornography statute. He
said the image was akin to a family photo of
(02:12):
a child bathing, and it's plainly insufficient to support a
finding of child pornography. This is what the judge wrote.
Nudity must be coupled with other circumstances that make the
vision depiction, dscivious or sexually provocative. The judge also cited
factors including the presence of mister Eldon's parents at the
photo shoot, the fact that photographer was a friend, the
(02:33):
fact that he had previously embraced and financially benefited from
being featured on the album cover.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yes, so he's just did him for the dough.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
He's just bitter because he possibly feels that his image
is being used. But suck o, mate, No one's going
to recognize you as the baby.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
No, you're right, he just wants to get This is
a very famous album cover. It wasn't. No one knew
that at the time. I'd like more recompense. That's not
what he's saying.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
If I was his mate, I would say, listen, you
had your time in the sun basking that and that's
what it is. Just because you get your picture immortalized
and it goes global, that's.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
All well and good.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
But you're not going to unless your parents were savvy
enough to sign a great deal that got you in
perpetuity to make the money.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
But that's not going to happen. You lost, mate, Give
it up.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Well. His legal team have told The Rolling Stone that
they respectfully disagree with this decision and they plan to
appeal again.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
This is a quote.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
As long as the entertainment industry prioritizes profits over childhood, privacy, consent,
and dignity. We will continue up a suit for awareness and accountability.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
What is that?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Strugglepot and cuddle Pie, the gumnut babies, they are in
the nude.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
They should be covered up.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
We should draw pants on them. Well we're at it,
let's put pants on the coat of arms. You know
that they've all got areas cover them up.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
But it's like mister red.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Cover because Nirvana with when you buy a never mind
now when you see it like so on your streaming apps.
It's got the cover, but his penis has been photoshopped out,
so he's penisless.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Maybe that's upsetting.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
They did the Crazy Frog they took away. It's penis.
Remember crazy Frog they took away. It's a peace. That's
it because hated No one wanted to see his little
Digcky did.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
No more tadpoles for crazy Frog. That film clip was disturbing.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
It's Amansaska. Okay, kids, that's it for the day. Come
back tomorrow for more. Jonesy and Amanda's cutting room block
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