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Title: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: 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/ (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 (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?

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: luissantos84 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/ (http://www.iptc.org/site/Home/Media_Releases/IPTC_study_shows_some_social_media_networks_remove_rights_information_from_photos/)

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: fotorob on March 12, 2013, 11:57

sorry, link corrected, thanks for the hint, Luis

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: Leo Blanchette on March 12, 2013, 14:30

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

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: shotupdave 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.

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: roboz 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.

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: cathyslife 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.  :)

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: 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.

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: luissantos84 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/ (http://www.petapixel.com/2013/03/14/study-looks-into-whether-photo-websites-play-nicely-with-copyright-metadata/))

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: lisafx 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 :)

Title: Re: Study shows that social media sites rip photo metadata!
Post by: ann 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 (http://www.embeddedmetadata.org/social-media-test-results.php)