| | Anime News Network - Fansub (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Fansubs are a tradition that began with the first anime clubs in the 1980s, although with the advent of cheap computer software and subbing equipment, they really took off in the mid 1990s. |
 | | Nearly all fansubs are produced by anime fans for fans, and are distributed free (or at the very most, for reimbursement of incidental costs such as blank tape for the particular copy, postage, etc.) Those who do charge money for fansubs are frowned upon as bootleggers. |
 | | Fansubs are distributed through local anime clubs, trading through the mail or now through file-sharing services on the Internet. |
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