Don’t try to monetize fan anything. Ever. Don’t even ask for donations. While keeping money out of it doesn’t really protect you under the law, it vastly reduces the chance that the copyright holder will be interested in going after you unless you get so popular that they can’t ignore what you’re doing.
There are actually plenty of fanworks that ask for small amounts of money. Just look at Comiket’s doujinshi scene! I think the difference here though is that these spoiler articles in question don’t add anything of value at all.
Don’t try to monetize fan anything. Ever. Don’t even ask for donations. While keeping money out of it doesn’t really protect you under the law, it vastly reduces the chance that the copyright holder will be interested in going after you unless you get so popular that they can’t ignore what you’re doing.
There are actually plenty of fanworks that ask for small amounts of money. Just look at Comiket’s doujinshi scene! I think the difference here though is that these spoiler articles in question don’t add anything of value at all.