Alright... we're certainly not legal scholars, but it seems pretty straightforward that if Don Henley wants his Eagles lyrics back, Don Henley should get his Eagles lyrics back.
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Three people have been charged in New York regarding their possession of 100 pages of lyric notes from Eagles frontman Don Henley, of which were recovered in a series of search warrants including the words to songs such as “Hotel California,” “Life in the Fast Lane” and “New Kid in Town.”
On Tuesday (July 12), Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that defendants Glenn Horowitz, 66, Craig Inciardi, 58, and Edward Kosinski, 59, had all been charged in the scheme.
According to court documents, the pages in question were originally stolen four decades ago by a writer hired to complete a biography of the band. That author allegedly sold the pages to Horowitz, a rare book dealer, in 2005 who then apparently sold them off to Inciardi and Kosinski. The men accused of the alleged theft subsequently attempted to keep the lyrics from Henley for years, allegedly going as far as lying about their provenance and trying to sell the stolen work through the famous Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction houses.
"New York is a world-class hub for art and culture, and those who deal cultural artifacts must scrupulously follow the law. There is no room for those who would seek to ignore the basic expectations of fair dealing and undermine the public’s confidence and trust in our cultural trade for their own ends," Bragg said in a statement.
"These defendants attempted to keep and sell these unique and valuable manuscripts, despite knowing they had no right to do so. They made up stories about the origin of the documents and their right to possess them so they could turn a profit," he added.
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