EXIF · IPTC · XMP. Read, grouped, stamped

Your photos should say who made them.

Copyrighted reads the copyright hidden inside your photos, sorts them by who owns them, and writes your name into a thousand at once. Without re-encoding the image, on your own device, and with every batch kept in History to undo.

Check a photo's copyright, free

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Undo from History

4 stamped · 1 third-party kept · verified

EXIF 0x8298Copyright
EXIF 0x013BArtist
IPTC 2:116Copyright Notice
IPTC 2:80By-line
IPTC 2:110Credit
IPTC 2:115Source
XMP dc:rightsRights
XMP dc:creatorCreator
XMP photoshop:CreditCredit Line
XMP xmpRights:WebStatementWeb Statement
XMP xmpRights:UsageTermsUsage Terms
XMP xmpRights:MarkedCopyright Status
XMP xmpRights:OwnerOwner

Step one · see who owns what

Every photo, sorted by who owns it.

Scan a folder or your whole Photos library. Copyrighted reads each photo's copyright fields and puts it in one of four groups. Blank and Conflicting are the ones to fix.

Matches you

Sandro Gumz

Carries your notice, and no layer says otherwise.

Third-party

Names someone else. Check before you use it.

Blank

No notice

Says nothing about who made it. Stamp it.

Conflicting

Layers disagree

EXIF names one owner, IPTC another. Update fixes every layer.

Step two · make every layer agree

Three layers. One answer.

A photo can store its copyright three times: EXIF for cameras, IPTC for agencies and newsrooms, XMP for Adobe software and the web. When they disagree, nobody knows whom to credit.

Found: EXIF names an old studio, IPTC names you, XMP is blank. This photo is Conflicting.

EXIF IFD0

Copyright: © 2019 Northlight Studio
Artist: Northlight Studio

IPTC 2:116

Copyright: © 2026 Sandro Gumz
By-line: Sandro Gumz

XMP dc:rights

Rights: —
Creator: —

Free tool · works in your browser

Who owns this photo? Check it here.

Drop a photo and see the copyright its EXIF, IPTC and XMP fields carry. It is read right here on your computer. Nothing is uploaded.

Choose a photo

Or drop it anywhere in this box. JPEG, HEIC, PNG and TIFF. The app also reads RAW files and their XMP sidecars.

Read locally. Nothing leaves this page.

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2 owners named

Conflicting: the layers name different owners

Field	EXIF	IPTC	XMP
Notice	© 2019 Northlight Studio	© 2026 Sandro Gumz	—
Creator	Northlight Studio	Sandro Gumz	—
Credit	—	Sandro Gumz	—
Web statement	—	—	—

Sample result. Choose a photo to read your own.

Step three · stamp without fear

Your originals are safe by default.

Writing metadata into ten thousand photos only works if you can trust it with all ten thousand. So every write follows the same rules.

LOSSLESS

The image is never re-encoded

Files are rewritten in place without re-encoding the image. RAW files get an XMP sidecar instead.

JOURNAL FIRST

The before is saved first

What each photo said before is recorded before anything changes.

VERIFIED

Checked before it replaces

A written file is read back and must say exactly what you asked, or the original stays.

NEVER BLIND

Never writes what it didn't read

If a photo changed since the scan, it is read again. If its copyright changed too, it is held back and left as it was.

PHOTOS LIBRARY

Your library stays yours

Photos can't edit a picture's details in place, so a stamped copy goes to a “Copyrighted” album. The original stays unless you turn on the option to delete it, and then only once its copy is verified.

UNDO

Every batch, reversible

History keeps every batch. Undo puts back each photo it can, and names any it had to skip, such as one changed since.

Stamped 248 photos with “Sandro Gumz” Today 09:41 · 244 in place · 4 via XMP sidecar · 0 held back

Everywhere you share

Stamp it before it leaves your hands.

Add Copyright

In the share sheet of Photos, Files and other apps. Pick photos, choose your profile, and they are stamped where they are, or as copies in your Copyrighted album.

Copyright Info

Also in the share sheet: a certificate of who a photo says it belongs to, before you post, print or use it. It never changes the photo.

Copyrighted in Messages

Stamp a photo and drop it straight into the conversation. Nothing is saved to your library. Free, always.

iPhone · iOS 18+
iPad · iPadOS 18+
Mac · macOS 15+
One purchase, all three

Pricing

Free to check. Pro to stamp it all.

Scanning, grouping and checking are free for good, and so are your first 50 stamped photos. Removing copyright is always free.

Free

Scan folders and your Photos library
Group by owner, check any photo
50 stamped photos
Remove copyright, any time
Stamp in Messages

Pro · Lifetime

$19.99 once

Unlimited stamped photos
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Family Sharing

Pro · Yearly

$9.99 a year

Unlimited stamped photos
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The yearly plan renews automatically until you cancel it in your Apple Account settings, at least 24 hours before it renews.

Plans and terms

Learn · photo copyright metadata, explained

Every field, in plain words.

What each copyright field means, who reads it, and how to fill it in on an iPhone or a Mac.

EXIF · 0x8298

The EXIF Copyright tag

The oldest field, often set by cameras. Short, and widely read.

IPTC · 2:116

IPTC Copyright Notice

What agencies and newsrooms read first.

XMP · dc:rights

XMP rights

The layer Lightroom, Photoshop and many web tools read.

IPTC · 2:80

Creator and By-line

Who pressed the shutter, as opposed to who owns the rights.

IPTC · 2:110

Credit Line

The exact words a publisher should print beside your photo.

xmpRights:WebStatement

Web Statement of Rights

A link to your licensing page, carried in the file.

How-to · iPhone

Add copyright to iPhone photos

Stamp one photo or your whole library, without losing quality.

How-to · check

Find out who owns a photo

Read what a file says about its owner, and what it can't tell you.

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Field notes

Notes from the field.

Notices5 min

Selling prints6 min

Photo Metadata for Photographers Who Sell Prints

Web Statement of Rights, Usage Terms, Credit Line and contact details: the metadata that helps print sellers get found, credited and asked before use.

Archives6 min

How to Add Copyright to a Whole Photo Archive Safely

Back up, read what is there, resolve conflicts, write losslessly with sidecars for RAW, and keep every batch undoable. A safe order for bulk stamping.

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Questions

Good to know.

Does stamping reduce my photos' quality?

No. Copyrighted rewrites only the metadata and never re-encodes the image. RAW files are never written; they get an XMP sidecar next to them.

Can I undo a batch?

Yes. Every batch is kept in History, and undoing it puts back what each photo said before. If a photo can’t be put back, such as one changed since the batch, undo skips it and says so. For copies saved to Photos, undo deletes the copies, and Photos asks you once to confirm.

Does it change the photos in my Photos library?

No. Photos doesn't let any app edit a photo's details in place. Copyrighted saves a stamped copy to a “Copyrighted” album and leaves the original untouched. An optional setting, off by default, can delete an original after its copy is verified.

Is metadata enough to protect my copyright?

Metadata doesn't create copyright. In most countries copyright in a photo arises when it is taken, though who owns it can depend on things like employment or contracts. Metadata tells everyone who handles the file who owns it and how to credit you. For legal questions, ask a lawyer where you live.

Do my photos leave my device?

No. There's no account, no analytics and no cloud of ours. Everything happens on your iPhone, iPad or Mac.

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Put your name in every photo.

Free to scan, group and check. Your first 50 stamped photos are free too.

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