Author Topic: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata! (Read 3962 times)

fotorob · « **on:** March 12, 2013, 11:47 »

Hello,

I just got a news release from the IPTC council who conducted a small study to test how Social Media sites handle metadata (IPTC/EXIF) in uploaded and downloaded photos.

You can see the results here:
http://pinterest.com/pin/261349584598198647/

or read their full news release here:http://www.iptc.org/site/Home/Media_Releases/IPTC_study_shows_some_social_media_networks_remove_rights_information_from_photos

It's a pity that almost no social media site meets all the requirements.

Looks to me like the winner is Google*, followed by Dropbox and 500px.

What do you think?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2013, 11:49 »

http://www.iptc.org/site/Home/Media_Releases/IPTC_study_shows_some_social_media_networks_remove_rights_information_from_photos/

fotorob · « **Reply #2 on:** March 12, 2013, 11:57 »

sorry, link corrected, thanks for the hint, Luis

Leo Blanchette · « **Reply #3 on:** March 12, 2013, 14:30 »

You'd be surprised what they are taking from you. Not just metadata.

shotupdave · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2013, 15:04 »

I never put up anything on the social media sites, if you read the terms of most sites they claim ownership of the photos.

roboz · « **Reply #5 on:** March 13, 2013, 04:39 »

Thanks for the link and info, Rob. Not a big surprise, though. I'll keep my fingers off FB and others who think they can stand above law.

cathyslife · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2013, 06:54 »

So we should support one of the biggest rip-off sites, Pinterest, by following your link to read about the report? Every time you click on a link and go somewhere else, you are making someone some money and giving out some data. I appreciate that you posted the links, but I am going to pass on that one.

Anyka · « **Reply #7 on:** March 13, 2013, 07:38 »

I do post images on Facebook, but always watermarked ones. Also, customers who receive a dvd after a photo session, will find 2 versions on this dvd : 1 high resolution image for printing, and 1 web format watermarked version for facebook and other social media. I am pleased to find out that most of my customers use the watermarked version when they post my photos (of their baby etc) on facebook.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 14, 2013, 12:51 »

another interesting article from PetaPixel regarding this matter

(http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/14/study-looks-into-whether-photo-websites-play-nicely-with-copyright-metadata/)

lisafx · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2013, 15:27 »

Quote from: Anyka on March 13, 2013, 07:38

I do post images on Facebook, but always watermarked ones. Also, customers who receive a dvd after a photo session, will find 2 versions on this dvd : 1 high resolution image for printing, and 1 web format watermarked version for facebook and other social media. I am pleased to find out that most of my customers use the watermarked version when they post my photos (of their baby etc) on facebook.

Very clever idea. I hadn't tried that, but maybe I will in the future. Thanks for posting it Anyka

ann · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2013, 18:07 »

Here you can see the chart without going on pint'rest - "Photo Metadata Test Results Chart" (I came across it in today's fotoLIBRA pro blog post):

http://www.embeddedmetadata.org/social-media-test-results.php

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