According to Sargent (1916, Ch. LXVIII paras 1-9), how far may a newcomer go in using another writer's story as a source for a photoplay, and what test and warning does he give?
1916 practice, Sargent only. Take inspiration, not material; a start, finish or part of the middle may serve, and the further from the source the safer from a charge of theft. He admits no exact line, leaves it to conscience, and tests: did your imagination do the producing. A thief's reputation, he says, reaches studios. His illustrations are suppositions. No legal conclusion drawn.
1916 practice, Sargent only. Take inspiration, not material; a start, finish or part of the middle may serve, and the further from the source the safer from a charge of theft. He admits no exact line, leaves it to conscience, and tests: did your imagination do the producing. A thief's reputation, he says, reaches studios. His illustrations are suppositions. No legal conclusion drawn.
Curator qualifications: Inspiration-not-material advice and conscience test verified; suppositions labelled; no legal conclusion.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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