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[QUOTE="Black Panther, post: 11305, member: 3"]
In cases like that, a major music recording company will approach whatever indie record label the artist is signed to at the moment usually by making a proposal to buy out a recording contract via their subsidiary (or in other words through their subordinate record company).

So a parent music company let's say, "Major Record X" can literary instruct their subordinate record company say, "Subsidiary Record Label Y" to purchase a recording contract for an  "Artist Named ABC" from their current deal with "Indie Record label Z."

Once an agreement is reached, Indie Record label Z will sell their record deal with Artist Named ABC to Subsidiary Record Label Y, which of course will be a wholly-owned division of Major Record X.

Or sometimes Indie Record label Z can suggest a partnership (e.g. joint venture deal), that's why you will probably see, Artist Named ABC, music copyright credits appearing as — © Indie Record label Z/Subsidiary Record Label Y, distributed by Major Record X.
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