Q: Would I be violating copyright law(s) is use personal account to upload videos to business page?
I am in 50 50 LLC partnership with one more partner. We offer wedding videography and photography services. I record and edit videos and he records and edits photos. Videos can not be directly uploaded to the Facebook business page. It can be done via Administrators of the page. We both(our personal Facebook accounts) are the Administrators of the page. Would I be violating copyright laws(s) if use my personal account to upload videos or photos to business Facebook page?
A:
Violation of copyright law does not happen in a vacuum. If you're concerned that you'll violated copyright law by uploading video taken by your business partner, the simple fix is to ask your business partner for (written) permission to do this. Someone has to enforce their interest in the copyright for there to be a consequence. If your business partner allows you to do a specified thing with creative works they've authored, and they do not revoke that permission, you would be free to do what the copyright owner has granted you permission to do without fear of a copyright infringement lawsuit.
If you're concerned that you'll be violating copyright law, merely because you're using a personal facebook account to upload to a business page, and the business is the owner of the copyright; again, permission or a license for use will cure that worry.
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