Rebecca Black's "Friday" song taken off YouTube for copyright claims
The viral video that sparked a love and hate reaction towards the young singer is no longer available on YouTube for viewing.
The 13-year-old singer who has gained worldwide notice for her viral song "Friday" recently filed a copyright suit against Ark Records who have placed her video in a pay wall for $2.99 a view. A spokesperson from Black's management team has released a statement to TMZ regarding the issue. "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" says the representative in a report posted by News.com.au.
The young California-born singer was targeted for the overly- juvenile feel of the song's lyrics, with phrases like "partyin' partyin' fun, fun, fun" and "yesterday is Thursday, today is Friday... tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards".
When visited on its YouTube page, a text that says "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black. Sorry about that" is flashed across the screen. Internet haters and fans have since been releasing different parodies inspired by Black's song, proving her plot of gaining Internet fame actually worked. Haters expressed their joy with this incident, tweeting things like "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black.' I PRAYED EVERY DAY FOR THIS" and "Why did it take her so long?!"
The young "Friday" singer is currently on the process of filing a suit against Ark Records. Here's a video of Black performing an acoustic version of the song in a segment for ABC news.