None of us really know what the label is looking at when investing in Banks. There's a machine that still runs a big part of what we're forced to hear and the majority of the people who buy records, aren't on the web looking for them. Certainly the internet has put a hole retail sales but a lot of money is still being made. They were making ridiculous amounts to begin with. 50's camp can go 100% indie if they wanted but, they're in the business of using other people's money to make more for themselves. It's just like the stock market. Why go in a hole at your own expense when you can get paid for letting someone else do it?