The fan edit community in this forum sprung up as a natural extension of trying to preserve the OT when they realized Star Wars isn't the only material that would benefit from fan preservation efforts and fan edits. As far as I know, the only reason people are ripping things is to edit them. I don't know about any sales taking place, and if I were to find out someone is using this forum as a vehicle to sell a fan edit or OT laserdisc rip, they'd be banned. Immediately.
While these forums are free and I started this site as a service, it is a business now, so I do have legitimate concerns about the content of the preservation forums and what some very powerful and well-funded attorneys could do to put me out of business. Even though I don't endorse the sales of fan edits or even the possession of fan edits by people who don't own the original versions, originaltrilogy.com could be sued for enabling the trafficking of such material, whether or not there's proof of malicious intent on my part.
The preservation forums are the lifeblood of this site at the moment, and anything that curtails their growth curtails the growth of this site and my business. The irony is that the fan edit community could also someday end up causing the site's demise.