How to Embed your Copyright in a Photo (Lightroom Tutorial)

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[@lacochran3699]

Incredibly simple and easy to follow. Very useful! Thank you!!!

[@monkeywizard77]

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[@TheBiteShot]

Thanks so much Todd! Glad you're enjoying it!!

[@EliseRoseCrochet]

Thank you so much for this!!! So helpful and clear! 💓

[@SarahEisenmann]

So helpful! Appreciate all your videos!!

[@judeschlesselman]

“What’s shakin bacon!” Glad you brought it back!

[@carsonwyndham9693]

Thanks Joanie, such great content

[@richardmeftah2569]

Thanks a lot, this has been really helpful. 💛

[@reidnorthrup2688]

Excellent and very informative video. Thanks!!

[@githucatherine3311]

Thank you. This is a great and useful information

[@roibatbhowani]

That was really helpful. Thanks!

[@carlacarapetyan]

Thank you so much❤️

[@thomaswindfeld728]

Perfect! Thanx :-)

[@dmphotography.prints]

MASSIVELY useful! Shakin.... Bacon!!! Thanks J.

[@TheBiteShot]

Shakin' it all over the place!!

[@barneylaurance1865]

This seems to work so much better with music than it does with photos. With music anything you download commercially almost always seems to have the metadata attached, and player apps always display the basics like artist name and track title. With photos online publishers (whether professionally edited or social media apps) mostly don't seem to care about making sure the metadata is there, and often strip it even if the photographer added it to the original file. And photo viewing apps don't display as standard next to the photo. Sometimes there's a command to show it, you can see it in the file properties in Windows, but sadly it doesn't just show up automatically when someone double clicks the photo to edit it. I feel like it should be much more expected to always keep the metadata in, and always display it when its present.

[@robraker9901]

When you speak of "Option G" to apply the copyright symbol what keys are you engaging to achieve that? I don't see an "Option" key on my keyboard. Thanks! Excellent instruction!!

[@kathleen4389]

I believe social media (Facebook)often strips the metadata from images.

[@TheBiteShot]

Great point. Social media definitely comes with its own challenges, but still doesn't hurt to add it for other uses of the photos (editorial use, websites, etc.)

[@newtuber4freedom43]

I hate to be a Debbie-Downer, but there are many free and paid programs that let you alter this information. What about Creative Commons? I hear it's expensive tho.

[@cnlicnli]

That's why it’s PRUDENT to affix a small, but readable watermark (logo) and/or your copyright attribution (URL/handle) to your social media postings. It also pays lots of legal dividends to quickly register (protect) your images with the US Copyright Office.

[@baba-sm1fm]

This is amazing info!! I have thousands of photos I have taken throughout the years, most of them are burnt on CDs, I know LOL!! Can this be done with photos on CD's on the program you have mentioned?? Thanks a lot!!! Liked and subscribed!

[@kevinparkes417]

I set copyright in camera so it's applied right from capture. You only need to set this up once and then it's applied o every image you ever take.

[@harounsk7258]

Please, as beginner, my question is: how did you do that? Is there an option to turn it on or off? Thanks

[@robcortijofg]

Hi Joanie ; if i want to edit my photo on Photoshop after be exported from LR , the metadata will be errased ?

[@quotidiane__]

Thanks for this amazing tutorial! Do you know if it's possible that someone download our image and applies their own preset to change ours? (Because I saw Jpeg files on this tutorial)

[@barneylaurance1865]

Yes, there's nothing to stop someone downloading the image and changing the metadata, either on purpose or accidentally via having the preset. I guess to stop it being changed accidentally it might be good if you could make the preset only apply to photos from the camera model(s) you own or something.

[@ninersnation3298]

I have the same question too. I have some very old 120-year-old vintage photos and I scanned them to make the resolution to like 1200 pixels. I don't want anybody to have the ability to download my scans and use them without my permission. Setting this metadata really doesn't prevent anyone from using your images (in my case, my scans).

[@vivahabbitvanassen]

Is this also in Capture 1? As I don’t do LR this is great thank you so much.

[@EsotericNY]

Yes. As does, DxO's Photo Lab

[@vivahabbitvanassen]

@@EsotericNY thank you so much for this information Mr. Mercer

[@volarefree]

I set the copyright data in the camera and Lightroom automatically imports it.

[@ameliphotography]

Great video! I have one question. When I export my photos with all metadata, where I can find that copyright info? (Note: I also use Mac)

[@TheBiteShot]

If you right click on the file and select properties it should be included there.

[@wendisaipkitchen4003]

I mean...what would we do without you???

[@TheBiteShot]

Hugs to you Wendi!!

[@amyreid2036]

Does this still work on photos you shoot tethered? (In Lightroom Classic I should add!)

[@curlsbynat9763]

I have a question what happens if you don't have a website can you still use the method?

[@snapped.by.maryam8787]

Do we also apply copyright information to images we take for a client?

[@bofranciscofilms]

As the photographer, you own the copyright for every image you take unless (in very rare cases) otherwise stated, so yes, you should. You own that copyright, and are licensing the use of that image to your client, even if the license is indefinite.

[@Photo_doctor]

Is it available in Lightroom mobile CC?

[@pinkace8221]

It the same in Capture1 isn't?

[@TheBiteShot]

Similar process, yep! Here's the details: support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002545777-Create-a-metadata-preset

[@pinkace8221]

​@@TheBiteShot Thank you for your help and for your time!! I appreciated it! Keep up the great work!!

[@EsotericNY]

Yes. All the 'major' apps do, e.g., C1 and DxO's Photo Lab

[@luljetamuca1543]

how does it cost???

[@ninersnation3298]

$ 9.99 USD a month per adobe.

[@2heartsmedia]

Thank you so much for this❤🎉 #glowup

[@Tamizhbornpondy73]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤thank you mam for COPYRIGHT

[@AngeloTullio]

Exif data are so easily removable or changed...

[@TheBiteShot]

Definitely great point. But it's still something I include personally.

[@barneylaurance1865]

Yes, but still better to have it in the first place, at least there's a chance someone will see it and contact you for permission to use the photo. Definitely doesn't make piracy impossible.

[@cnlicnli]

@AngeloTullio wrote, “Exif data are so easily removable or changed...” EXIF/Metadata, watermarks, logos, copyright attribution (URLs/social media handle), licensing information, and other *“Copyright Management Information” (CMI)* can quite easily be removed, covered up, or changed by third-parties to hide their copyright infringements with AI, Photoshop, and other software programs. US-based DMCA violators (aka copyright infringers), who intentionally remove, cover-up, or change CMI can be liable for the photographer’s actual money damages and lost profits OR $2,500 to $25,000 in statutory damages PLUS attorney fees & legal costs (at the court’s discretion). See 17 USC §§ 1202-1203 (part of copyright’s DMCA). Intentionally removing CMI can suggest *WILLFUL* copyright infringement to a federal judge. If the photograph was *“timely”* registered with the US Copyright Office, the infringer is now facing two causes of action: Copyright infringement + a CMI violation = up to $175K in statutory damages + attorney/legal fees.* See Agence France Presse v. Morel). Copyright attorney, Andrew Epstein, writes, “We recommend always attaching a watermark or other copyright management information [CMI] to all works that you distribute. Although you do not need to have a copyright registration to recover under the DMCA [CMI], we always recommend [timely] registering your photographs with the Copyright Office to be able to qualify for maximum awards for copyright infringement ($750 to $150,000 per infringement, plus costs and attorney’s fees).” Timely copyright registration + including CMI *reinforces* your creative & legal rights!

[@xxxyyyxxx9]

Still love this video. Just got a new computer and had to reset the default presets and here's how to do it! Thanks! 😇