Today, a criminal trial began in New York against three men accused of attempting to handwrite lyrics to the Eagles' Hotel California. Glenn Horowitz, a rare book dealer, Craig Inciadi, a former Rock and Roll Hall of Fame curator, and Edward Kosinski, a souvenir seller, have been charged with conspiracy and illegal possession of stolen property. Horowitz also faces two additional charges of obstruction proceedings.
The non-jury trial in the case involved more than 80 pages of lyrics worth more than $1 million, including "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane." Allegedly, one of the band's biographers stole the manuscript in the 70s of the 20th century and sold it in 2005 to Horowitz, who then resold it to Inchiati and Kosinski.
The defendant is accused of lying to the authorities about the property and attempting to ** the content without the permission of Don Henry, a founding member of the Eagles. No one has been charged with stealing documents; However, the prosecutor must prove that the documents were stolen. Henry claimed that the manuscript should be returned to him; The defendants argued that they had obtained it lawfully.
Hotel California remains one of the best-selling of all time, with over 26 million copies sold in the United States.
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