Quick script to copy or instance one source object onto multiple other object's locations.

copy_objects.py

import pymel.core as pm

# Useage: Select the source object, then all of the target objects to copy to.

# Change this to True if you want to use Instances
make_instance = False


user_selection = pm.ls(selection=True)
if not len(user_selection) >= 2:
    pm.error('Please select at least 2 objects')

source_obj = user_selection[0]
target_objs = user_selection[1:]
for target_obj in target_objs:
    if make_instance:
        new_obj = pm.instance(source_obj)
    else:
        new_obj = pm.duplicate(source_obj)

    pm.matchTransform(new_obj, target_obj)