(this is Canadian legislation)

Any thoughts about section 13(2) of the Copyright Act concerning commissioned photographs, according to which...
Where, in the case of an engraving, photograph or portrait, the plate or other original was ordered by some other person and was made for valuable consideration, and the consideration was paid, in pursuance of that order, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, *the person by whom the plate or other original was ordered shall be the first owner of the copyright*.
(my emphasis)