Peter T. Daniels wrote:

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>
> It occurs to me that this is an indication that "Barry" is British and
> not American, since it appears to use the word "hire" of things rather
> than people -- here we "rent" cars, there they "hire" them.
>
> The surface meaning of "work for hire" is that someone hires authors to
> write works, not that someone "hires" sections or a book, which is
> uninterpretable.

If you feel comfortable that based on the information you have, "Barry"
is British, then the others here who know me in the flesh will surely
take that as evidence of your deductive reasoning skills, right or
wrong. Except they, unlike you, will know the answer with certainty :)

Or, the alternative may be that your understanding of the legal issues
surrounding "work for hire" are thinner then you might think. Seriously,
if you google "work for hire", and try to find some references to works
structured somewhat similarly as the one we are talking about, you might
find something useful there. Maybe findlaw.com is a good place to start.

Let's agree to disagree and move on ok?

Best,

Barry