So far there does not seem to be a way of retaining image metadata on our images once we upload to sites.  And, even if the site we uploaded them to DOES retain them (none do thumbnail retention to date) then anyone grabs them and the data will be lost anyway.

So what does the future hold with copyright issues?

I have been lucky enough to have been testing TinEye A lovely way of finding your image across the net.  This is not good enough yet though and I can see it taking a while to make the database vast enough to find all our images if needed.

There are other programmes on the net too like this but, do they not need a modicum of likenesses in filename etc to work?  Imagine if our filenames had all been totally changed to 1.jpg and we had to search by colour,  we would end up with millions of images to sift through again.

I admit I am lost when it comes to this issue of protecting our photos and art.  If we metadate, it is stripped, and if we put copyright messages on the work no-one wants it.

Ideas anyone?

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