Someone (Smiley??) once said that it was the owner of WAU! Mr. Modo.  So it was somewhat legitimate.  I don't think the ORB saw any money from the rerelease though.  I think he was also responsible for screwing the ORB out of the bulk of the money from their first few albums and singles.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maarten Bouwes [mailto:bouwes@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 3:31 PM
> To: orb@mailman.xmission.com
> Subject: Re: [Orb] Orb short of dosh!
>
>
> Hello List!
>
> Itīs rather good to be back here. I havenīt been around for a
> while and I
> thought it was more or less polite to post sumtn :)
>
> Since the discussion has started about the copyright on a few
> releases, I
> was just wondering who was responsible for the repress(?) of
> the Kiss EP
> early ī96. The seller assured me it was repressed(?) in a
> circulation of 500
> only.
> Could someone confirm this or to tackle this story?
> I have got it for sale now @Ebay since I am not sure about
> itīs origin.
> If itīs a boot, I am willing to get it off the site... :p
> Thereīs more info at the following link:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1507874777
>
> Not spamming btw ;)
>
> Looking forward to some mails!
> Cheers,
>
> Maarten
>
>
> > >wondering is who owns the copyright on these (that
> includes Live (mp3)
> > >shows, Anthology, Icons, Ultra >rare tracks, etc, etc)?
> >
> >while the Orb would get their precentage, the bulk of the
> money goes to the
> >record label, i believe, who also owns the copyright...
> >
> >am i wrong here, folks?
> >=)
> >rachel
> >
> >
> >
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