Reuters,NEW YORK - Rebecca Black is getting her 16th minute of fame now that the teen starlet's infamous "Friday" video has been pulled off YouTube by her lawyers.
The singer enjoyed tremendous viral success in March with a song that was so silly and simple ("Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend"), it became irresistible fodder for every amateur comedian on Twitter and Facebook. The song reached No. 58 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, was covered by Justin Bieber, and then jumped the shark when it was performed on "Glee."
Black's "Friday" then started its descent toward a future edition of "Trivial Pursuit," but now has gotten a momentary reprieve thanks to a take-down notice.
Unlike 99.9% of takedown notices submitted to YouTube, this isn't a garden-variety response to a user uploading unauthorized copyrighted material. Rather, the dispute has been going on for months and is more about the contracts that young musicians sign before they hit it big.
In Black's case, she seems to have created a vanity recording by making a deal with Ark Music Records to use its studio to record her song. After the song exploded, Ark Music wanted to capitalize. And that's when it starts to get interesting.
Black's "Friday" then started its descent toward a future edition of "Trivial Pursuit," but now has gotten a momentary reprieve thanks to a take-down notice.
Unlike 99.9% of takedown notices submitted to YouTube, this isn't a garden-variety response to a user uploading unauthorized copyrighted material. Rather, the dispute has been going on for months and is more about the contracts that young musicians sign before they hit it big.
In Black's case, she seems to have created a vanity recording by making a deal with Ark Music Records to use its studio to record her song. After the song exploded, Ark Music wanted to capitalize. And that's when it starts to get interesting.
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