And even if she was under the legal working age, there are plenty of tasks that young teens can do as a little job: babysitting, newspapers/adds delivery, yard upkeep tasks, etc...
Having the mother go to jail because of that is ridiculous. But I can hardly believe that the kid really "didn't know it was wrong" either. Yes, everyone around her was doing it but it's more like to render something wrong commonplace than not knowing that it is wrong, imho.
The issues about copyright are so puzzling. In any case, all this story must be very heavy on little Emily's young shoulders... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
