"Let me see if I got this straight. A KY chipper made a daytrip to the USPC museum and took some pictures at no cost to him,
save for the cost of the photos. He then gave copies to a select group of friends (the "big" boys) with the proviso that no one
else sees them (or at least gets a copy of them)."

No, you do not have it straight.

A KY chipper did make a copy last year and as far as I know, he will help anyone that asks. I am not sure he copied the whole
file as he only collects KY and OH illegals.

There are copies that exist from a few years ago that have restrictions.
Id's from this copy is where you have gotten IDs for many of your C&S chips.

This whole thread on USPC records is MOOT. Copies can be made by anyone visiting the museum at this time. I don't think it
was like that when the 1st copy was made. I could be wrong on this last statement.