diff --git a/static/js/pandora/infoView.js b/static/js/pandora/infoView.js
index b1f16006..63518f96 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/infoView.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/infoView.js
@@ -458,27 +458,29 @@ pandora.ui.infoView = function(data) {
     }
 
     function editMetadata(key, value) {
-        var edit = {id: data.id};
-        if (key == 'title') {
-            Ox.extend(edit, parseTitle(value));
-        } else if (key == 'director' || key == 'country') {
-            edit[key] = value.split(', ');
-        } else {
-            edit[key] = value;
-        }
-        pandora.api.edit(edit, function(result) {
-            if (result.data.id != data.id) {
-                Ox.Request.clearCache(); // fixme: too much
-                pandora.UI.set({item: result.data.id});
-                pandora.$ui.browser.value(data.id, 'id', result.data.id);
+        if (value != data[key]) {
+            var edit = {id: data.id};
+            if (key == 'title') {
+                Ox.extend(edit, parseTitle(value));
+            } else if (key == 'director' || key == 'country') {
+                edit[key] = value.split(', ');
+            } else {
+                edit[key] = value;
             }
-            // FIXME: value function should accept {k: v, ...}
-            pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'title', result.data.title);
-            pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'director', result.data.director);
-            pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'country', result.data.country);
-            pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'year', result.data.year);
-            //pandora.$ui.contentPanel.replaceElement(0, pandora.$ui.browser = pandora.ui.browser());
-        });
+            pandora.api.edit(edit, function(result) {
+                if (result.data.id != data.id) {
+                    Ox.Request.clearCache(); // fixme: too much
+                    pandora.UI.set({item: result.data.id});
+                    pandora.$ui.browser.value(data.id, 'id', result.data.id);
+                }
+                // FIXME: value function should accept {k: v, ...}
+                pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'title', result.data.title);
+                pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'director', result.data.director);
+                pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'country', result.data.country);
+                pandora.$ui.browser.value(result.data.id, 'year', result.data.year);
+                //pandora.$ui.contentPanel.replaceElement(0, pandora.$ui.browser = pandora.ui.browser());
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     function formatKey(key, isStatistics) {