IDP Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I've just read this recent blog about contact details being removed from metadata (referenced in the twitter feed) http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2014/01/27/5572.aspx I trust that the automated system can differentiate between a contributor's website or email address and a url which is relevant to the image? I'm concerned that any automation will cause havoc by removing perfectly valid captions and keywords. For example, a shot of an iPad with the caption "Apple iPad displaying match.com website", and the keywords match.com., could fall foul of any automated culling. There must be many valid website references in metadata - possibly more than those that break the terms and conditions? Some reassurance would be appreciated. Ian D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizair Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Why don't you write to MS and ask the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDP Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Why don't you write to MS and ask the question.Writing to MS and bringing the potential problem to the attention of other contributors aren't mutually exclusive! Ian D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I've just checked a couple of screenshop pics of mine - eg lastminute.com - and that address is intact in the caption and keywords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davies Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 This happened a year or two ago and I was forced to remove links to relevant information which I had placed in the description fields! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 That will be a lot of work by now. Search for .com in the contributor field: 404,063 Results general search: 2,013,853 Results wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDP Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Just heard back from MS and they've clarified the situation. Apparently, although the search for contact details, phone numbers, websites etc is automated, the actual deleting of data is done manually - and they won't touch anything which is clearly descriptive of the image. Panic over!! Ian D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 there are a number of contributors whose pseudonyms are URLs...be interesting to see how that's dealt with... km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 there are a number of contributors whose pseudonyms are URLs...be interesting to see how that's dealt with... km Mine used to be - and James phoned me in person to ask me to change it! That was a long time ago (and he was phoning about something else, but still..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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