Metka Potočnik, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Business and Law, University of Wolverhampton, UK

‘Potočnik’s book strikes at the heart of the music industry and culture, arguing that equity cannot arise from building protections on top of the same IP laws that assert power and control over music-makers and their social conditions.’

• ContentsIntroduction to A Feminist Reconstruction of Intellectual PropertyLaws in Music 1 Misogyny in music: the proof 2 Challenging the performative neutrality of intellectualproperty laws: the FIPS framework 3 Songs, censorship and the commercial gaze 4 Authorship, originality and gender credit gap 5 Economic exploitation, contractual controls and genderedinstitutions 6 Women under the looking glass: artists’ and performers’ rights 7 A feminist reconstruction of intellectual property laws inmusic: the FIPS Models and the Feminist Gaze 8 Conclusion to A Feminist Reconstruction of IntellectualProperty Laws in Music Bibliography Index

Metka Potočnik, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Business and Law, University of Wolverhampton, UK

‘Potočnik’s book strikes at the heart of the music industry and culture, arguing that equity cannot arise from building protections on top of the same IP laws that assert power and control over music-makers and their social conditions.’

• ContentsIntroduction to A Feminist Reconstruction of Intellectual PropertyLaws in Music 1 Misogyny in music: the proof 2 Challenging the performative neutrality of intellectualproperty laws: the FIPS framework 3 Songs, censorship and the commercial gaze 4 Authorship, originality and gender credit gap 5 Economic exploitation, contractual controls and genderedinstitutions 6 Women under the looking glass: artists’ and performers’ rights 7 A feminist reconstruction of intellectual property laws inmusic: the FIPS Models and the Feminist Gaze 8 Conclusion to A Feminist Reconstruction of IntellectualProperty Laws in Music Bibliography Index

Metka Potočnik, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Business and Law, University of Wolverhampton, UK

‘Potočnik’s book strikes at the heart of the music industry and culture, arguing that equity cannot arise from building protections on top of the same IP laws that assert power and control over music-makers and their social conditions.’

• ContentsIntroduction to A Feminist Reconstruction of Intellectual PropertyLaws in Music 1 Misogyny in music: the proof 2 Challenging the performative neutrality of intellectualproperty laws: the FIPS framework 3 Songs, censorship and the commercial gaze 4 Authorship, originality and gender credit gap 5 Economic exploitation, contractual controls and genderedinstitutions 6 Women under the looking glass: artists’ and performers’ rights 7 A feminist reconstruction of intellectual property laws inmusic: the FIPS Models and the Feminist Gaze 8 Conclusion to A Feminist Reconstruction of IntellectualProperty Laws in Music Bibliography Index