French Teen Arrested for Posting Potter Translation

French police arrested a 16-year old from Aix-en-Provence for posting his own translation of the final Harry Potter novel before the release of the official version, scheduled for October. According to the Reuters story, here's what a representative of Gallimard, publisher of the sanctioned French version of the novels, said:

"It is not a young person or a fan we are talking about here -- these are organized networks that use young people," she told Reuters by telephone.

Networks using young people? Oh, right, there are criminal networks recruiting young people to surrepticiously translate large novels from one langauge to another and then to post their work on the web, removing any chance of making money off their effort. The criminal networks, concerned that they seem to be making nothing from their enterprises, are said to be planning to retain consultants to help analyze their business models.