Kenneth Steinthal: Veteran Music Lawyer, Litigator, & Specialist in Media -Music Law Crash Course

Episode 14 is 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪:
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OK, buckle up. We’re about to find out how being a music lawyer is like being a 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥 driver. And we’ll learn how, in music law, “your adversaries are your friends and your friends can sometimes be your adversaries.”
Our guest in this episode is 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗟. He’s a 40 year veteran music lawyer, specializing in music and media on both the litigation and deal making sides. His clients include household name companies like Google, Netflix, Pandora, Viacom, ESPN, Peloton, and many others.
Ken is a Senior Partner in the Intellectual Property Group at King and Spalding in San Francisco. He was the Managing Partner at Greenberg Traurig before that. And before that he was Co-Head of the IP and Media Practice Group at Weil Gotshal in New York. Among other national legal accolades bestowed upon Ken, 𝙇𝘼𝙒 360 dubbed him a Media and Entertainment MVP, putting him in an elite class of five, and the 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙇𝘼𝙒 𝙅𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙉𝘼𝙇 named him an “IP Trailblazer.”
In this episode Ken gives us a 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗔𝗪, simplifying the complex, and educating us on 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦, 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗬𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦, 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦, and explaining everything from 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 to 𝗔𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣 and 𝗕𝗠𝗜. Ken also tells us his secrets to success, what motivates him, and how he got into music law.
Music law
Copyright law
Litigation
Transactional
Sound recording
Master recording
Record label
Composer
Music publisher
Synchronization license
Master use license
Mechanical license
Public performance license
Blanket license
GMR, SESAC, PRS
Performing rights organizations
Rate court
Sound recording right in performance
DMCA
Music modernization act