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[the otaku god]

this is a great artical and a way to see what the future holds for fansubs.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2009-06-05/funimation-discusses-leaked-episodes

FUNimation Entertainment has had a bad month and half. First they accidentally preempted the Japanese broadcast of Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ episode 4, then episode 403 of One Piece was leaked onto the Internet, again ahead of the Japanese broadcast, and finally the latest episode of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood was leaked, but at least not until after the Japanese broadcast.

Funimation has since been heavily criticized by the online anime community, in ANN's forums and elsewhere, even by sympathetic individuals, for virtually non-existent security.

Funimation CEO Gen Fukunaga spoke with us today regarding the leaked episodes, what Funimation is doing to fix the problem, and how the problem affects the future of online streaming anime.