An employee under a contract of service, who creates a work in the course of that employment, is not usually the first owner of the copyright. (slaw.ca)
Under copyright law, the creator or author of a work is the first owner of the copyright in that work and would have all the rights that go along with that, including the right to copy, reproduce, translate, and publish the work. (slaw.ca)
The first sale doctrine in copyright law allows owners of copyrighted material to treat that copy in any way desired so long as the copyright owner's exclusive copyright rights are not infringed. (lawyer-monthly.com)