FairShareMusic Philanthropy

FairShareMusic releases "feelgood downloading" where you can download tracks online to fuel philanthropic giving, donating 50% of their net profit on the download to the selected charity.

A user may only pick from one of 18 major U.K. charities. The actual amount donated to the charity chosen could be as little as four percent of the total purchase since the company still needs to pay the record label and publisher.

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