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  • $\begingroup$ See this blender.stackexchange.com/questions/57960/… $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 22:05
  • $\begingroup$ As far as I know there is no native direct way of doing this through the UI alone, only through scripting $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 22:12
  • $\begingroup$ Don't know the first thing about scripting so not workable for me, at this stage. Your link above explains how to at least clean up the problem, if no one else knows how to prevent the problem w/o scripting. Thanks. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 22:34
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    $\begingroup$ You can create linked duplicates instead of full ones of object (Alt+D); then make linked dupe use different object and mesh datablock. Same with moving them between scenes. No way to do what you want using exactly Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 20, 2016 at 22:37
  • $\begingroup$ Possible duplicate of Disable Material Duplication $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 21, 2016 at 0:55