Assertion: copyright | /r/HasProperty | owned by the author
Facets:
value: automatically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: A copyright is initially owned by the author or authors of the work, except in the case of a "work for hire.
text: if a work has two authors, the copyright will by default be owned by both authors
text: By law, when something is written, drawn, photographed, etc., its copyright is automatically owned by the author.
text: Free lance articles may be paid by the word or by the article, but even if there is no fee paid (as sometimes happens with articles in non-profit organizations' magazines), the copyright is still owned by the author unless the contract states otherwise.