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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
a major label owns its own distribution channel
some small labels distribution is done through a major, these labels may be small but aren't independent
an independent label doesn't distribute it's records through a major
you can be owned by a major, but if you don't distribute through them you are still considered independent
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this sums it all up pretty well. The link between the label itself and the distribution channel defines what an indie label is.
An indie label has its records distributed by another company : the distributor.
If yr company is both A + R, label and distributor, then you're a fookin' major. I have to add major labels often run touring / booking operators as well.
More and more bigger indie labels tend to TRY to turn their mailorder into real distribution network ( see Secretly Canadian for instance), thus enrolling small labels with them etc...