C.W. Scott-Giles illustration from a 1949 English translation of Inferno.
It was filed by
Jocelyn Susan Bundy, the granddaughter of Scott-Giles, who
Rolling Stone identifies as the “sole surviving relative and sole successor-in-title to the copyright in the works created by her late grandfather.”
The drawing in question is a diagram of Upper Hell the first five circles Dante ventures through in the Inferno with his guide, the Roman poet Virgil. Scott-Giles drew this piece and nine others for Dorothy L. Sayers’ translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy, which was first published in the United Kingdom 1949. This past January, the suit claims, Bundy discovered that Nirvana had been using an image described as “virtually identical” to Scott-Giles’ illustration on vinyl records, clothing, key fobs, mugs, patches, buttons, and other merchandise sold in the United States and around the world.
Nirvana Are Being Sued for Their Improper Use of Upper Hell
The band have been hit with a copyright lawsuit over using an image for decades without proper consent
Published May 04, 2021
Despite Nirvana not being a band for decades, they are now being hit with a new copyright infringement lawsuit. According to the suit, Nirvana have allegedly been using a C.W. Scott-Giles illustration from a 1949 English translation of Dante s
Inferno on various merch without proper permission to do so.
The lawsuit has been filed by Jocelyn Susan Bundy, the granddaughter of Scott-Giles who states she is the sole surviving relative and sole successor-in-title to the copyright in the works created by her late grandfather,
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