I replied this on the SS forum:
setho wrote:
Yes, that is the case. The copyright of the image is retained by you, however we do not want this information in the metadata.
Does that go for all metadata, or only for the metadata that are shown on ShutterStock? My cam puts my name somewhere in the EXIF. It's the same name as is shown on ShutterStock to the buyer, so I don't see the point of blanking that EXIF info.