Pay for naruto, still not much, but...

[dregen]

Yes fansubbing is illegal, It's just like napster giving away free songs. But I guess TV Tokyo dosen't see it that way because most people that host the downloads are giving it away for free, btu if they look through thes sites like we do just because the love anime and saw that someone was actually making someone pay for what they have rights over they stop everyone from fansubbing and press charges on the individuals who are still trying to host eps. Thats how I feel.

[Legendary Nin]

I guess you missed the part where they said the prices will definitly go up for people who've registered after the first 100.So the first 100 pay $3 a month,then anything after will probably pay around $6 a month and can face price hikes.

[Elessar]

This will be the doom of the fansub scene. End of Statement.

To provide a service you have to pay money. If you can't afford that - don't provide the service. Life is as simple as that and always was. Fansubbing did survive over the years because the only thing people tried to gain was respect.
If you translated an anime episode for others - you got respected. If you had access to a lot of cpu time to encode fast - you got respected (nowadays with 3ghz+ that sounds ridiciulous). If you were able to host some downloads on an edu line - you got respected. Respect and the love for what they do was what drove fansubs.

The very same thing drove the "nerds" that created the internet. After a while it became more attention and the first marketing salesman entered it, bringing $$ inside the play. Shortly afterward, the first lawyers came and now the net lies in ruins.

Bring money into fansubs - and the lawyers will follow.
I really hope more groups deny them to use their version. Or in a joint effort, all groups should stop fansubbing naruto, taking them away the base on which they think thay can earn a fast buck. Then they will see what they really are and have - nothing.
Fansubbing is better of without them, don't support the crack dealers!