Setting copyright status in Bridge CS4 (Mac OS 10.5.5)

Question

I'm trying to add photographer's copyright status in the IPTC Core Metadata but the status is set to 'unknown' and the line is greyed out - double-clicking it returns the message 'This property cannot be modified'.
Many thanks for any advice on how to do this.

Answer 1

You can't change this in Bridge itself. If you open an image in PSCS4 you can create a template with the copyright included.
Choose the menu File - file info
In CS4 this is a new set up compared to CS3, it is now a Flash based window. You can drag the tabs to a new order you like best. If you choose the Description tab you will see the copyright status section. Choose copyright by clicking on the little arrow. Then fill in the other desired info in the other fields you like to add to the template.
After finishing choose the arrow next to Show templates at the bottom, click on the arrow and a new submenu appears where you can choose export. This will save the new template, give it a proper name and your done in PS.
Now enter Bridge and in the metadata panel you can choose the little arrow top right in the panel. In this menu choose append metadata and pick the newly created template. This will add the correct info at the copyright status field.
If you are using the Adobe Photodownloader you can also choose to add this template to the files during import :-)