IPTC Copyright Info URL

[PhotoGramly]

I've been revamping my metadata lately, and so I was wondering, what do you folks put, (if anything) in the IPTC Copyright Info Url field? From what I can tell from Google, there's not much of a consensus, some photographers just list their website, others a link to a contact form, and still others a link to a dedicated copyright/usage statement.

What do you use and why?

(For the record, yes, I'm aware copyright is assigned automatically and that filling out the metadata doesn't actually inherently prevent photo theft.)

 

[snowbear]

The IPTC is a standard for the news media, so I suspect those services would make use of it more than the average person. As for me, I will add my name, copyright status and the year, and city/state in the contacts if I think about it. The other IPTC fields generally don't apply to me or my photos.

 

[PhotoGramly]

Fair enough, appreciate the perspective.