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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 143252" data-attributes="member: 1573">There's apparently a way to "strip" the metadata from images .  As a simple example, when a photo is uploaded to Facebook and you click on it . . . in the options menu you can simply "download" it to your hard drive.  You can then import it into LR and either apply a preset that contains your copyright info, or blank if you want it to be "orphaned" and it will override any previously embedded metadata.  Then export as a jpeg . . . and you are the now the copyright owner.  Pretty sad and scary . . . and I just tested this.I'd be interested to know if there are programs out there that will "permanently embed" copyright info in the photo.</blockquote>