How can I find photos missing copyright metadata in Lightroom?
Asked 3/28/2015
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I discovered that Lightroom wasn’t automatically applying my copyright information on a recent import, and I need to identify only the images that are missing it. I can’t just apply one copyright preset to everything because my library includes different years and a few different copyright owners. I tried the Library Filter with Text and Metadata, but I couldn’t find a practical way to isolate images where the copyright field is missing or not set. Is there a way in Lightroom to find or group photos whose copyright status is not marked as copyrighted?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
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In Lightroom 5 a photo can have three copyright states:

I assume that, when you say my copyright information wasn't being applied automatically, the copyright status was not being set to Copyrighted.
You can create a Smart Collection that searches for all photos with a copyright state that is not copyrighted:

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Yes. In Lightroom 5, images have a copyright status, and you can use that to find files that are missing copyright information.
The simplest method is to create a Smart Collection that matches photos whose copyright status is not set to "Copyrighted." That will gather images with missing or non-copyrighted status so you can review them and apply the correct metadata selectively.
This is more reliable than trying to use the Library Filter text search, since that is geared toward existing values rather than empty fields.
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