I have believed this for a long time, however there is a big issue thats been nagging me for a while. If labels truly do provide no value, and artists can gain

I have believed this for a long time, however there is a big issue thats been nagging me for a while. If labels truly do provide no value, and artists can gain more by being in direct contact with music fans, why hasnt it happened already? As much as I love spotify (which is lots) it is still controlled (and owned) by labels, there are lots of things like cdnow which has helped the situation, and I dont doubt that a lot of truly independent direct artists to fans site + apps exist, but even as quite a large music fan pretty much all the music I am exposed to goes through labels, the internet has been around quite a while now, so if this is going to be disrupted, why hasnt it already?