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There is no "intrinsic relationship" formed in any legal sense.
As long as people are using analogies, I thought I would contribute one myself that might help people figure this out.
A is making a poetry book. B writes poetry. A says, if you want, you can write in my poetry book and it will get published and it becomes my property. B writes poetry in the book.
Unless A pays B in some manner, this is not a work for hire. A may have a right to use the work to be published, but does not own the copyright, regardless of what A said. An invalid contract does not overrule Federal Law. B still owns the copyright to the work, but A has a license to use it.
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