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Q&A Is it acceptable to use props I saw in a movie in my story?

I don't see why not. If they were objects unique to a particular movie setting, like the lightsabers in Star Wars, you'd raise a few eyebrows at least, but these are literally just cups. You may as...

posted 5y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:42:33Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:30:03Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T11:30:03Z (about 5 years ago)
I don't see why not. If they were objects unique to a particular movie setting, like the lightsabers in Star Wars, you'd raise a few eyebrows at least, but these are literally just cups. You may as well have seen them in a thrift store. I highly doubt that anyone is going to read your story and recognise that you took those specific cups from a movie, and even if they do, I don't think you'd run into any issues with copyright or trademarks.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-24T13:11:28Z (over 5 years ago)
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