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Black's popular 'Friday' video pulled off YouTube
June 17th, 2011 @ 10:25am
By Associated Press
By DERRIK J. LANG
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rebecca Black's official "Friday" music video has been taken off YouTube.
The page where the video starring the 13-year-old singer once played now says it "is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black."
Black's spokesman says her team sent a takedown notice to YouTube because of a dispute over the video with Ark Music Factory, the company Black's parents paid $4,000 to produce the song and video.
Earlier this week, the firm began charging viewers $2.99 to watch the clip.
Lawyers for Black and Ark Music have been haggling over who owns the rights to everything associated with "Friday" since it became a sensation earlier this year.
The video had amassed more than 160 million views and more than 3 million "dislikes."
OMG they do realize that it only got a billion views because everyone (including and especially tweens) thinks its pure crap right? Put out an album and see how few people buy it. What's next, that stupid chubby moron cat rancher with the squeaky voice (and an MBA lmafo!) and her eharmony video charging money to watch it? Man if that chick from Different Strokes couldn't handle it when her 15 minutes of fame ran out, I can't wait to see the "Where Are They Now" episode of Rebecca Who? in 20 years.