Well, the big problem with the big labels is in the fact that they own the music of the bands that they represent. And this is the cause for the court cases and all the anti-downloading shit. They are trying to protect their property.
But AFAIK Underworld are only using these labels for distribution in various parts of the world. The actual rights to the music are still owned by Underworld and their own label so it's not quite the same as supporting the RIAA and the big labels directly when you buy OWB. I'm also sure this also means that it's not like those labels take huge cuts out of the profits of selling OWB, leaving UW with nothing, because they do not actually own the music, it's just a distribution deal.
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The RIAA Radar does not account for the distributor of a label. There is not what we consider a solid source of distributor data, and distribution is not something that is necessarily official, publicly reported, or consistent, thus it is not something that can be (easily) tracked. The RIAA Radar results are only based on the imprint of the album. Yes, some independent labels use major label distributors.
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