The last long flame war, lots of people were 
complaining about how lots of subs don't get 
shown in cons because they're already bought up 
by american companies etc. I thought I'd point 
out to those who weren't aware, but the digital 
fansub movement has really picked up lately.  
When Inu Yasha eps first came out, I could get 
them subtitled and in really good quality less 
than a week after they were originally shown in 
Japan.  It's the same for a lot of other new 
anime releases now, and for the most part these 
are all really good translations; lots of them 
have very clear fonts, and little cultural notes 
at the top.  

Of course there's the usual piracy going on of 
titles already released by US companies, but if 
you have moral objections to those, just don't 
download them.  There's still bunches of fansubs 
you can sample before they're available to be 
distributed on tape through fansub networks, if 
you can even find them there at all.