Talk:Fan-subbing & translations of copyrighted works without permission - by Si-Jia Mao/@comment-27012110-20151020221223

Anime is probably your best focal point for this topic. Seeing as how North America has become heavily influenced by Japanese and Korean style and culture, it is no surprise to see how many people turn to the Internet to catch up on their favourite anime shows. They don't want to wait for an English dub to come out and want to watch it as soon as it comes out and then talk about it online with others. This can be seen with any T.V. show out there, as fan communities are extremely prominent (and defensive) for mainstream series like Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. For example, look at how upset fans were when (SPOILER) Bob Stookley died in The Walking Dead, the amount of criticism directed towards the show along with sadness shows just how much people care about the lives of fictional characters.

Another thing you could look at is the Kpop Community. Since all the Kpop bands are across the globe in Korea, the Internet has become the best way these bands have made tons of international fans. 2NE1, PSY,Big Bang, Kara, all of them have had a huge surge in popularity online and overseas thanks to sharing their music online. In fact, the group 2ne1 has become so well known that their second album 'Crush' is the only recording by an Asian Artist to make Fuse TV's 40 best albums of 2014.

Just some ideas you could build off of.