s 133 First owner — maker of work, etc., is default first owner
133.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the first owner of copyright in a work is —(a) in the case of an authorial work — subject to subsection (2), the author; (b) in the case of a published edition of an authorial work — the publisher; (c) in the case of a sound recording — the maker of the recording; (d) in the case of a film — the maker of the film; (e) in the case of a broadcast — the broadcasting licensee that made the broadcast; and (f) in the case of a cable programme — the person providing the cable programme service in which the programme was included. (2) If copyright subsists in a work of joint authorship only because one or more (but not all) of the joint authors are qualified individuals, subsection (1)(a) does not confer ownership of the copyright on a joint author who is not a qualified individual. (3) Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to any contrary intention in —(a) any written agreement made on or after 21 November 2021 by the person who would otherwise be the first owner of a copyright under those subsections; or (b) any agreement before 21 November 2021 by the person who would otherwise be the first owner of a copyright under those subsections.