I hafta say, for me, licenses aren't actually much of a worry. So many groups still do licensed projects, so there's really not much of a problem anymore.
Which is GOOD, but BAAAAD. In it's own way. Good for leechers, who dont' give a damn about being legal in their actions, and bad for...I forgot who it was bad for.
Some examples would be Blood+. Three groups did that ones (one is STILL doing it), and Naruto, which is very licensed, as far as things go, It's airing and such, and DB continues to do it. i think Mirage picked it up, too, so that's two teams for that one.
So, even though a license means that my favourite fansub group doesn't do it (though is perfectly within it's juristiction to do so), there's a high chance that there'll be another group continuing it, or picking it up.
Has for dubs, Ihave no love for them, so therefore have no idea what companies are good and which are bad
*finishes her 2 cents*