INTERVIEW WITH AN ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER - KEN STERLING
Added 2025-02-25 15:48:31 +0000 UTCI will be interviewing an entertainment lawyer, let me know if you have questions to ask.
website: https://www.sterlingmedialaw.com/
Media Law and Tech Law for Brands, Technology Companies and Influencers.
We are a Los Angeles law firm focusing on media law: defamation, social media, technology and intellectual property law. We also work on corporate law and employment law matters, represent celebrities, influencers, high net worth families, and top brands.
Ken Sterling is a media attorney, tech entrepreneur, and Partner at the BigSpeak talent agency. In this role, he passionately advocates for artists, creators, and influencers, ensuring they have prominent platforms and rewarding engagements.
His robust career journey involves a diverse array of roles and accomplishments. Sterling worked as a technology and management consultant with KPMG and played integral roles in cofounding a cloud computing company and as a co-founder of a socially-conscious bank. As part of a boutique asset management firm, he was entrusted with the Executive Vice President role, overseeing a team and real estate portfolio exceeding $300 million. In addition to his corporate roles, Sterling has a robust presence in academia and media. His thought leadership extends to various publications with contributions in the areas of law, ethics, real estate, technology and media.
Sterling holds a BA in communication and applied psychology from the University of California, an MBA in marketing and leadership from Babson College, an MA from the USC Annenberg School, and LLM from USC Gould School of Law and a PhD in organizational leadership from the University of California.
Comments
I’m hoping to write a guide/book on how to save money for BTS concerts and perhaps a guide on how to stream properly. Is it okay to use the band name in the title or should it be something general? I know I shouldn’t use the groups logo but I’m confused as to what would fall under intellectual property/copyright/trademark. Would quoting a lyric be considered infringement? I definitely don’t want to infringe on any of the intellectual property they’ve worked so hard to create. Thank you in advance.
Sylvia
2025-02-27 20:33:13 +0000 UTCI'm curious about the impact and ramifications of AI generated content produced without permission of the IP owner (so prevalent on YT). Examples: using a singer's voice to make a song cover, creating videos using a celebrity's image (basically Photoshop on steroids), etc. What are the current legal protections available for the entertainer?
ADHDstudent
2025-02-26 07:43:34 +0000 UTCI would be interested in finding out what possible issues or barriers HYBE or BTS could encounter as they transition or expand within a western marketplace vs. what they are experienced in SK. Also, in general, what are common stumbling blocks international celebrities encounter whether it’s law related & what would make brands hesitant to seek out international celebrities and, describe the opposite, in what would attract brands to seek collaborations with international celebrities. Also, please share examples of your top good & bad cases of working with international celebrities and how & if those issues were resolved. Ok, am looking forward to the interview & 🤞🏽 Hope I can catch it live. Ok, thank you! This is such an interesting topic but I’m pretty clueless as to what his day-to-day workload looks like & just would like to learn more about what his job entails. 💜🫶🏼💜
Carrie Sekayumptewa
2025-02-26 00:08:30 +0000 UTCThis is exciting! I look forward to watching it! Everyone has covered the questions I have!
Elizabeth
2025-02-25 17:57:54 +0000 UTCI would like to know if he thinks there could be something that would cause MHJ/NJ to be confident in a positive outcome for them. It seems to all who support ADOR/HYBE it is a cut and dried case. You can’t unilaterally end a contract by stating you want out without consequences. But MHJ/NJ have steamrolled ahead without any worries. How much can positive public sympathy (or a government official in their back pocket) influence the outcome. They just seem too confident.
Mia24
2025-02-25 17:46:02 +0000 UTCWhy doest seem people in entertainment in Korea , in entertainment seem to be alone when they make a mistake ,why nobody defends them ,protect, so they can make it ,find jobs ,go on with life ,be happy ,thank you!!
nora schmelebeck
2025-02-25 16:41:37 +0000 UTCHOW EXCITING!!! I would be very interested to know his opinion on how Hybe is handling the whole Mama Roach + old pants situation. Does he think there's a lot more going on in terms of tactics on Hybe's end? Or is this really just them abiding by the law, playing the long game just making safe choices? As opposed to mama Roach, whose tactic seems to be "fuck around and find out". 😆 I'm looking forward to hearing other's questions and learning from this content!
Trina
2025-02-25 16:04:46 +0000 UTC
