Coke and filming new scenes for an edit aren’t exactly the same…
If i paid them and they sent me a copy, that’s selling the film. If I donate money towards the funding of the edits and they have a stream of it for everyone who donated, that’s a different situation.
Pardon my dumb analogy. But they are absolutely the same situation. They are selling access to the film.
The only reason they have a donation page, is the same reason Adywan or anyone else would have one. To receive some help towards funding some expensive equipment or scenes. If we wanna sit and make weird comparisons to drugs then we can do that i guess? But I’m sure you’re not incapable of understanding why they would have a donation page.
Adywan does not sell his fanedits. They can do the same as he does, receive donations for equipment and materials or whatever, there’s no problem with that. But you cannot sell your fanedits.