Copyright status?

Is there any way to get or set the copyright status metadata?
In catalog:findPhotos(), you can use "copyrightState" as a criterion for matching metadata, but I haven't been able to get or set it from the photo metadata using any of the following:
photo:getRawMetadata("copyrightState")
photo:getFormattedMetadata("copyrightState")
photo:setRawMetadata("copyrightState", value)
I also tried "copyrightStatus". Is it simply not available to a plugin? "copyright", "rightsUsageTerms", and "copyrightInfoUrl" are all available.
Thanks,
Peter

The docs for photo:getFormattedMetadata() state the the following keys are valid from 1.3 on:
# copyright
# rightsUsageTerms
# copyrightInfoUrl
I assume you want to get an array of LrPhoto from the catalog using some search criteria, and then iterative through that picking off metadata you are interested. Is this not working?

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The 128-character limit is imposed by the IPTC standard:
http://www.iptc.org/std/IIM/4.1/specification/IIMV4.1.pdf
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Using Bridge CS3 I have created a metadata template which against Copyright Notice I have filled in my name. When I add the template to an image file all the information successfully transfers but the Copyright Status field states: Unknown where I expected to read Copyrighted. When creating the profile where do I enter Copyright Status information? Copyright Notice seemed the obvious box to complete and no other field appears obvious. Help would be appreciated. Victor

(PSE does not have Bridge):
PSE for mac did for several years.
For the OP, I see the same thing in 10.7: only the words "copyright notice" rather than the complete copyright data are appended. I'm not sure if this is because CS3 is so old now, but I do agree with Ken's suggestion to ask in the bridge forum.

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I do recall at least one other thread made reference to the © symbol as seen in PS not happening with LR. One of the threads on the Lightroom Experts Mail list talked about is abit, too. http://mail.pixels.nu/mailman/listinfo/lightroom_pixels.nu
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If I create a metadata template in Bridge CS4, select Copyright Status and set it to Copyrighted,
any other metadata changes in the template will be applied, but "Copyright Status won't change.
I can't even manually set the Copyright Status from within Bridge. If I try, I get an error message,
"This property cannot be modified."
Here's the workaround — create the template in Photoshop or Illustrator, not Bridge.
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and select Export. The resulting template will be available in Bridge,
and it can change the Copyright Status.
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FizzyFizz:
There is no way to set the +Copyright Status+ to "Copyrighted" as this is not part of the IPTC Core namespace (or IPTC-IIM either). Apple is only supporting IPTC Core 1.0 (which was released in 2005) and having some issues with that as witnessed in the other article referenced in this thread. It might help you to review the article *"How Important is the Copyright Status Feature?"* at http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/is-copyright-status-important .html for details.
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the Copyright Status drop down menu gives me only three choices:
That is because The file info is set up according to the world standard IPTC and Creative Commons does not seem to be supported inhere (yet).
I did not hear from this way of copyright before to be honest but did a little search, don't think I'm gonna use it but it seems a fair way to distribute if you like so.
My first thoughts about it where the same way as Yammer P already posted and sure choose copyrighted because otherwise you have no rights at all.
There seems to be an other way but you have to try it your self and maybe even contact the guy that made it available.
It is a custom Creative Common addition in the file info XMP panel that can be downloaded for free. I have to confess I tried it but could not get it to work correctly. There is less info about what to install where. I tried (on a Mac) on several locations bot system and user library but did not get further then the tab of Creative Common showing in the file info but then PS froze and had to be forced quitted.
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see here:
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I'm new to the Adobe eLearning suite, including Bridge CS4. I've found a workaround in the forums for this issue already, but I really think this is something that Adobe should fix in the Bridge software itself. Apologies if someone else has already posted this as a feature request in this forum, but as it seems I'm unable to search within just this forum, I gave up looking.
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In Bridge CS4, highlight your thumbnail, go to the File Menu and select File and then File Info. There you will be able to choose your Copyright Status under the Description tab. What a pain in the butt! Mine kept coming up "Public Domain!"

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When creating the profile where do I enter Copyright Status information? Copyright Notice seemed the obvious box to complete and no other field appears obvious.
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