by LostCluster (625375) * writes: The default assumptions are that if you are paid as an employee (IRS form W-2 sent to you at the start of a new year) or using their resources such as computers and office space then you are writing a work-for-hire and they own the copyright.If you are being paid as a contractor (IRS form 1099) and using your own equipment and place to generate the software, then y