Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ Makes Triumphant And Day-Appropriate Return After Being Removed From YouTube

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by Jon Bershad | 12:06 pm, June 17th, 2011

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Yesterday, the Internet made a horrible discovery; Rebecca Black’s infamous music video “Friday” had been removed from YouTube! How would we celebrate the coming weekend? More importantly, how would we know which days were involved in said weekend and which order they came in? Fortunately, just as it seemed today’s fun, fun, fun, fun had been lost forever, the world received a last minute reprieve. Black has returned the video to the masses after apparently removing it herself due to a financial fight with its semi-creepy producers.

So why did it go in the first place? Earlier this week, Ark Music Factory, the company that produces disposable pop songs and videos for young girls looking to boost their careers or live out their pop star dreams, began charging a $2.99 “rental fee” to watch the video on YouTube. Everyone was stunned by the (insane) price, everyone including Rebecca Black.

From TMZ:

“TMZ spoke with a rep for Black who tells us, ‘We can confirm that we submitted a Take Down Notice to YouTube as a result of the dispute we have with Ark Music regarding the ‘Friday’ video.’

As we previously reported, Black’s people have threatened legal action against Ark — claiming the company that produced and wrote the song is wrongfully exploiting her image and her song because Ark does not own the rights to either.”

Sure enough, the video was soon gone. But, right after every blogger in the country had written their ironic (but secretly completely serious) headlines about the weekend being ruined, Black and her team have gotten it back up, for free, and apparently in a “Director’s Cut” form. At least, that’s what it says. We can’t see any big differences (this isn’t the fabled lost version where she chooses the front seat) but, then again, if we knew this video well enough to notice tiny changes, we probably wouldn’t admit it.

So enjoy! Your weekend is whole again!

ARK Music Factory, rebecca black, YouTube

teccec

too funny. Katy Perry’s homage to this song and the related vid (which includes Black) was interesting. Reminds me of the C & C Music Facory lyric, Things that make you go hmm…
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

It’s kind of cute, the way both blogs linked in the post says that YouTube wouldn’t say whether Miss Black had requested the takedown, while the image both used (which appears to be sourced from Mashable) clearly says that her camp had filed the complaint.

Thus far, the back and forth on this fight between Black and Ark is shaping-up to be a lesson in copyright law and it looks likely to be headed to court. So, while the song isn’t anything great and there will come a time people stop playing it, like a few other one-hits from history, the legal precedent will be with us forever.
Jersey Shore Conservative

So Mediaite publishes this story at 12:06 and now the video is taken down again (already). I guess the story is still developing! I’m soooooo disappointed. I miss hearing this song every Friday. :)
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Jersey Shore Conservative said:
So Mediaite publishes this story at 12:06 and now the video is taken down again (already). I guess the story is still developing! I’m soooooo disappointed. I miss hearing this song every Friday. :)

Other blogs wrote about the video earlier today, so Jon shouldn’t be blamed for giving it attention. And, though I’ve only read the posts and haven’t watched the “Director’s Cut”, noted blogger Owen Thomas commented to Gawker that the new version had been uploaded from a fake, spoofed VEVO account, so it wasn’t official.
LAPhil

Who cares? If I never hear that song again it’ll be too soon!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

How stupid do you have to be to start charging for free publicity?
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Lamentably, this article is in sore need of updating.
david r

Way to go Rebecca. You’ll be the most popular kid in middle school for sure.
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it’s already been taken down again. . .
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this is just bubble gum…..

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yep,

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