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August 11, 2025
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Anti AI scraping options

  • August 11, 2025
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Hi Guys, 

Is anyone aware of the development in Lightroom or Photoshop to introduce anti scraping technologies into metadata? 

Correct answer davescm

@sammey You might want to look at these.

Some info on the Content Authenticity Initiative : https://contentauthenticity.org/

Info on the Content Credentials option that can be turned on in Preferences > History and Content Credentials in the current version of Photoshop (v26.9).
https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/using/content-credentials.html

Dave

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sammeyAuthor
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August 14, 2025

Thanks so much @Stephen Marsh 

Inspiring
August 14, 2025

I highly doubt there would be anything like it anytime soon, even just because of read & write properties of metadata. If you can read it, you can also write whatever you like in there. If you are that worried about your work, you should look into get it protected by actual law/contracts/usage argreements and not just by a tick box in file settings

Legend
August 11, 2025

Yes there are scripts to add this but right now its a legal and practical grey area.

Stephen Marsh
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Community Expert
August 11, 2025

I have some ExifTool commands and Bridge and Photoshop scripts... That being said it's next to useless, it's an honour system and the key players have no honour for I.P. or existing copyright laws, let alone new initiatives.

 

I'll dig up the links...

 

EDIT:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/add-support-for-iptc-plus-coalition-generative-ai-ml-training-metadata/idi-p/14808232

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2025

You're welcome @sammey. Your post is in Ideas where the developers will see it and like-minded users can upvote it and comment.

 

Jane

sammeyAuthor
Participating Frequently
August 11, 2025

Thanks Jane, well I certainly hope they are - it's very important to me as a creator that my work goes out with my IP protected. I'm surprised to be honest that something hasn't already been deved and integrated.

jane-e
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August 11, 2025
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Is anyone aware of the development in Lightroom or Photoshop

By @sammey

 

If it is in development, then anyone with knowledge would be under NDA and could not say.

 

Jane

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