Rowling drops damages claim against Potter pirate

Author J.K. Rowling has declined to seek damages from a French teenager who translated the latest Harry Potter novel and posted it online.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Aix-en-Provence last week after he posted his French translation of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows online, two months ahead of the official French release.

Rowling's French publishers Gallimard said charges against the boy have been dropped after Rowling said she wouldn't pursue legal action against him because he didn't make any money from the illegal translation.