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.

“Neither the pose, focal point, setting, nor overall context suggest the album cover features sexually explicit conduct,” Judge Fernando M. Olguin wrote in a ruling obtained and first reported by Billboard. “This image – an image that is most analogous to a famil

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