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How does checking image metadata help you check image copyright status?

Checking the copyright status of images: Image metadata, including EXIF data, can be used to check image copyright status since it might include names of creators, or copyright tags, or rights information. Metadata can be exposed using photo editors or online metadata viewers, which are examples of such tools explained by Visuals Clipping that metadata is not necessarily updated at all times so a combination of metadata checks with reverse search provides a higher level information on who owns the image. In the case of the lack of metadata, be careful and analyze the image with other resources.