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The most litigious band alive, the Eagles, are suing a man who has made a living showing rare bootlegs of world-famous bands.
Don Henley and Glenn Frey fired the lawsuit against William Shelley for "violating copyright and breaking US anti-bootlegging laws." Shelley's company, Shelley Archives, have put on public screenings of unreleased footage by acts such as the Eagles, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd.
As The Guardian reports, Henley and Frey claim that Shelley used his film collection to falsely "bolster his reputation as a purported music industry 'insider' with close connections and ties to many classic rock greats."
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The Shelley Archives profess to owning more than 100,000 reels of films, amounting to over 10,000 hours of rare gigs, TV shows, promos, interviews, outtakes and home movies." They insist that the organisation's main focus is the preservation of films and music clips.
The Eagles' lawyers have been somewhat overworked in the past five years - the band have sued or threatened to sue Frank Ocean, Okkervil River and a Republic US Senate candiate.
