[Librarian]

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Originally Posted by Spearichu

Fansubs that are legal? Why does that feel so weird to say?

That's actually kind of common. SRT files and sub files have always been legal. It's the distribution of the video file that's not. There were a lot of legal groups that do fansubs because all they provided were the SRT file or sub text file and the end user had to procure the raw on their own to use the sub file with. (Though that may have since changed, this was back in the mid to late 2000s. I'm sure some of those SRT providers may still be around though.)

Fans have always been welcome to translate and make subs. The sharing of the raw video file though is still piracy. So it looks like Tsuburaya found a middle ground to do it easier. Though this does mean little to no typesetting effects. As those can't be done with an SRT with on the fly processing as yet. Which means no karaoke effects either.