# 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?

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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.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.txt Ch. LXVIII lines ~22880-23130"
    }
  ]
}
```

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- [sourced_fact] 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. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.txt Ch. LXVIII lines ~22880-23130 · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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