LR applying outdated metadata preset on folder sync.

Lightroom changes my copyright year and contact info to old information when synchronizing a folder.
Behavior:
A folder of processed & ready-to-deliver RAW files. These files all have 2014 copyright and contact info. Export these images to JPG in another folder. (Export includes all metadata.) Open these JPGs in PhotoMechanic to verify that the 2014 copyright and contact info is still embedded in the files. Go back to LR, right click the folder that contains the JPGs, "Synchronize Folder..." wait for process to complete. Look at metadata panel in LR or the added JPG files - all copyright and contact info has reverted back to an outdated 2013 preset.
Is there some place in LR where it's told to automatically apply a metadata preset? I'm not going through the import panel - just a simple folder sync.

There's the key piece of info. So LR remembers different import presets based on file type?
Running two experiments.
First, I'm importing a folder of JPGs that I know already have 2014 copyright via the Import GUI (not synchronizing folder.) The import interface opened, and the "Apply During Import - Metadata" drop-down was set to my 2014 copyright. If LR remembers import defaults based on file type, then I would have expected to see it set to my 2013 metadata preset.
Just for science, I'm importing a folder of DNG files that are also already set to a 2104 copyright. For these files as well, LR defaults to my 2014 copyright.
Am I not running the test the way you intended? Any other ideas on why doing a folder sync would apply an old metadata preset?

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LR applying outdated metadata preset on folder sync.

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