*UPDATE* I Just Found Out That My 12-Year-Old Daughter...

[Jimbo]

Is selling music she downloads off of KaZaa to her less tech savvy friends and has made about $100 or so in the last week alone at her Jr. High by putting together made-to-order compilations.
I informed her that her net pirate days just ended.

Any suggestions for punishment?

 

[ElFenix]

little entreprenuer, eh?

12 year olds don't need computers.

 

[PrinceofWands]

ummm, how about 10% off the top?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Yes, tax her

 

[PrinceofWands]

I had my first computer at 12...best thing I could have had. Learned programming, patience, etc. My daughter is 7 and has a P3 I built for her. I teach her new stuff on it every week.

 

[gopunk]

i remember doing this, back in the day... 5 bucks a pop, it was heaven for a 14 year old.

 

[pillage2001]

Are you not giving her enough for allowance??

 

[xospec1alk]

that is one very smart child....i say take it all

 

[Scouzer]

I used to do that all the time. Got too boring though and I stopped.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Dude, this is a lot better than anything else a thread titled "I Just Found Out That My 12-Year-Old Daughter..." could lead to.

Be happy, tell her to knock it off NOW before she gets arrested, give her an earful about how a crime like that would fux0r up her career plans.

Then proceed to install portblocks on Kazaa and other P2P programs.

- M4H

 

[reitz]

Any suggestions for punishment?

I don't know that most 12-year-olds really understand the ethical problems with selling pirated music (hell, a lot of thirty-year-olds don't seem to get it). I'd take the opportunity to explain why what she did was wrong, and make her donate all of the proceeds to charity.

 

[Shockwave]

Dont crush her spirits like that!
Hell, thats pretty smart when you think of it. Why punish her for being a step above the norm in school?

 

[The Stigenator]

take out teh burning software so she cant burn to cda.. and then tax her 50% and tell her that she wont be getting allowance for 2 weeks and she would have to stop doing it from now on.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Take it and use it to buy some real CDs.

 

[lowtech1]

Originally posted by: Jimbo
Is selling music she downloads off of KaZaa to her less tech savvy friends and has made about $100 or so in the last week alone at her Jr. High by putting together made-to-order compilations.
I informed her that her net pirate days just ended.

Any suggestions for punishment?

Ask her to return the money to her friends, and send her to marketing school.

 

[Jugernot]

Make her listen to old John Denver albums... or something equally annoying.

 

[ggavinmoss]

Make her cut checks to the respective artists that are not getting royalties from her CD sales.

-geoff

 

[xBopx]

I agree with lowtech - instead of punishing her you should redirect her energy into something more positive.

 

[Evadman]

Wow, what an entreprenuer! Smart daughter you have there. I would be proud. but she still should be punished in some way for doing that so she learns it is not good to do.

If she were my daughter (keep in mind I am 23 and have no kids, so take with a grain of salt) I would banish her from the computer for a week and emove kazaa. Tell her if she re-insalls any file sharing programs without permission she can look forward to no computer at all.

I would also take whatever money she made away. I would tell her that what she did is wrong, and she should not get to keep the money. I would however put that $ into a savings account (or money market or whater) and give it back when she gets older.

 

[dquan97]

I wouldn't suggest a punishment, but you can show her how she (with your help) can buy real cds from places like Columbia House for cheap, then resell it at 100% markup. Not as much profit selling a free cd (After Rebate), but it's honest.

 

[Jimbo]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Make her cut checks to the respective artists that are not getting royalties from her CD sales.

-geoff

I LOVE that idea!
I wonder how much artist make per record/song on the average?

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Jimbo
Is selling music she downloads off of KaZaa to her less tech savvy friends and has made about $100 or so in the last week alone at her Jr. High by putting together made-to-order compilations.
I informed her that her net pirate days just ended.

Any suggestions for punishment?

Make her take over support of my private clients for a month?

 

[PAB]

Buy her a book on how to become an MCP with the $100.

Then help her start her own business fixing her friends computers.

-PAB

EDIT:

Now that I think about this. This could be a possible pandoras box.

Lets look at this objectively.

We have a 12 year old that is very technologically inclined that is burning CD's for profit.

Does she understand why you are going to punish her and why it is "wrong"? Can 12 year olds logically discern why the RIAA is so adamant on shutting Kazaa and the other networks down as well as the arguments for and against music sharing?

Note to self: Ask the doc about this on Tuesday. This is an interesting quandry.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Make her give the money to those poor, starving RIAA people and musicians!
Make her see that Britney has a hard enough time already to pay her bills!

 

[Anubis]

only 100$ in the last week!!!

comon you should show her how to REALLY use a computer so she can start rakeing in teh big $$$. college isnt getting any cheaper ya know.

and yes im serious. i did it when i was in HS and id still be dooing it if everyone didnt have a computer and a burner now.