How many of us are drinking our coffee while doing our daily digest of /. while at work? How many of you have answered an email while driving/watching your kids/insert your relevant activity here? Just because we are older and frequent different sites than "the kids" doesn't mean we aren't addicted in some fashion to the Internet and our technology devices either.

I wish there would be greater disclosure about this and many other things. It can take up to 3 months for the US, but some other countries such as Latin America and Asian countries not called China and Japan it can take up to 6 months. In the EU, some people don't have to pay their bill monthly, there are quarterly and bi-annual billing cycles. It's a shame, because if there was full disclosure many people would have donated via another method. Hopefully all this exposure will get them to declare this a "crisis" and get the funds moving immediately.

P.S. Please be careful when giving your child a cell phone, it's as easy to buy virtual goods with it as a credit card and companies like mine have no way of knowing that you have given it to your child. If you would like to block these types of purchases, contact your local wireless company and have them remove "Premium SMS" from your child's phone. I wish all wireless carriers were forced to disclose this whenever anyone purchases a "Family Plan".

Or are services like Pandora, Spotify, and even iTunes giving the consumers what they want at a price they want and thus helping to drive pirating down?

that is in the eye of the beholder

Innocent until proven guilty not prove that you are innocent?

The child is not entering into the contract as children cannot legally purchase cell phones. The parent purchased the phone and signed the contract for the family plan and then handed the phone to a child. If you read the fine print of the terms and conditions of your cell phone company, it basically says "You are responsible for any charges incurred while using the service". So, parents should wise up and set up restrictions or deal with the consequences that will occur if they don't. Doesn't anyone remember 900 numbers for kids from the 80s?

"Things like this are all the more reason to never use social networking sites, ever."
Fixed that for you ;)