Original sentence: A fansub is a version of a foreign film, foreign television program or other work of similar medium which has been translated by fans or a group of fans and subtitled into a language other than that of the original.Although production and distribution of subtitled content by fan translaters is believed to be violation of copyright law in most countries, the ethical implications of producing, distributing, or viewing fansubs are topics of much controversy.Fansubbing groups have claimed companies have not tried to shut them down because it increases the popularity of the work by gathering many fans increasing related merchandise in foreign countries because the physical items cannot be as easily copied and distributed.For example fansubs made in the English speaking world are subtitled in English.Many fansubbing groups have been created in this way.Most Japanese anime media frachises, such as Naruto, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball and other popular manga are usually the most commonly distributed.Owing to this, the internet has been a source of lucrative distribution of fansubs.The most common type of fansubs are Japanese anime and manga media
Edited sentence: A fansub (short for fan-subtitled) is a version of a foreign film or foreign television program which has been translated by fans and subtitled into a language other than that of the original.Because distribution of fan-subtitled content is a violation of copyright laws in most countries, the ethical implications of producing, distributing, or watching fansubs are topics of much controversy