metaender said:

we have every right to take whatever we feel like. ...its about taking whats rightfully ours...

We don't have every right to take whatever we want and none of it is rightfully ours.

Fan preservation of the original versions is one thing, and I'm very much in favor of it. However, being deprived of a high quality version of the original films doesn't make it ok to steal.

As you mentioned yourself, people gave money to Lucas for the inferior versions - versions they knew were inferior when they bought them. Lucas didn't go into their homes while they were at work, take the money, and leave SEs on the kitchen counter.