14 DAY TRIAL // The other day, the unthinkable happened: months after it went viral, this world’s best worst song ever, Rebecca Black’s “Friday,” became unavailable on YouTube. After the move from Black’s camp, producers Ark Music Factory are blasting the young Internet star.
As we also noted yesterday, the move came as the legal feud between Black and the talent agency that launched her, Ark Music Factory, reached new heights.
It all began shortly after it became clear that Black’s first single was a hit, despite being thrashed by almost everybody and spawning more parodies and memes than any other.
In a bid to capitalize even more on Rebecca’s newfound fame, Ark tried to post the official video and the song as a YouTube rental, which infuriated her people, who had already been saying that the company had no rights over her image.
Consequently, Ark doesn’t have the right to make money off Rebecca either. The video and the song were pulled off YouTube, but Ark is not taking this lying down, sending a scorching statement to TMZ about the whole mess.
Admittedly, whoever is handling Black right now is acting very unprofessionally because they didn’t even bother to warn Ark that they were yanking “Friday” from the popular video-sharing website.
“We’re disappointed, having been in good faith negotiations with Rebecca Black and her representatives for months regarding any open issues,” Ark says.
Despite all this, Black’s people sucker punched them.
“There’s been an ongoing, open dialogue with our company. So we were blindsided to get a Take Down Notice – with no notice – alleging copyright infringement instead of a call or email from Rebecca’s representatives,” the same statement reads.
“We are going to continue to take the high road and work out the complaint as soon as possible,” Ark insists.
As of now, no word from Rebecca herself on what will happen with “Friday” next, or if the song / video will ever come back to YouTube.