Not in the U.S. Work For Hire is not assumed to be the default for, say, a person who walks into a portrait studio and commissions a headshot. https://www.copy

Not in the U.S. Work For Hire is not assumed to be the default for, say, a person who walks into a portrait studio and commissions a headshot. https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ09.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ09.pdf