Summarized: Hitman Reborn licensing dilema

In short, FUNimation has exercised a power-of-attorney agreement to remove fansubbed videos of Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (along with other anime titles) on behalf of d-rights Inc. (Japanese copyright holders of  shows like Katekyo Hitman Reborn! and Nabari no Ou), even though the show hasn’t been licensed in the US yet (apparently FUNimation is working on working out a licensing agreement to gain rights to dub and release the show in the US, but this process will most likely take up to a year to be finalized).

Yuurisan Subs has recieved a “cease and desist” notice from FUNimation and has since then dropped the series. Other sub groups like Shinsen-Subs have also recieved such a notice and have dropped the series from their list of ongoing projects as well.

Most likely, another group will pick up the series and begin subbing it for another 3 episodes (or less) before they receive a notice as well.  Then another group will most likely pick it up, and the cycle will continue.

All is not lost:

1. There is the manga.  I suggest that everyone starts reading Katekyo Hitman Reborn as the manga releases will continue without any problems.
2. Like I said before, other groups will probably pick it up.  Even if it is just a random Japanese speaking person who is able to use Adobe After Affects, or whatever program he/she prefers.
3. You can always wait a few years until the English dubbed version catches up to where we are at now.  (joke).

Either way… We’ll see how this plays out.