IJAmuses?M: "Rebecca Black - Friday (OFFICIAL VIDEO) is no longer available"...

glennmagusharvey

..."due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black."

I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad about this.  On one hand, I'm sad that stuff got takedown'd again.  On the other hand, I'm happy that Black is making progress at retaking distribution rights of her own song from the company that had it before and which I hear was screwing her of revenues.

inkblot

I think Ark Music Factory owns the video now, and they've stopped working with Black.

SotiCoto

So was it actually her that made the claim, or was it whichever company now owns legal rights to her name?

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What's with the title?

IjAmuses?M:? Are you drunk or something?

glennmagusharvey

Well, I'm not sure what to put, but I think it amuses me.

Central Avenue

I remember when "IJAM" was Glenn's abbreviation for "It Just Amuses Me". Then we got the "It's Just Awesome" subforum, which became "It Just Awes Me", and now that's IJAM.

glennmagusharvey

Well it was always an abbreviation for both "It Just Amuses Me" and "It Just Awes Me", both of which are positive counterparts to "It Just Bugs Me".

Ponicalica

«I think Ark Music Factory owns the video now, and they've stopped working with Black.»

I believe Black's mom bought the rights to the song, or at least claims to have.

glennmagusharvey

Well we already know that you don't need to have legitimate copyright rights to get stuff takedown'd on Youtube.

glennmagusharvey

From Wikipedia:

The ownership of "Friday" is unclear. In a March 29, 2011 letter from
Kelly's lawyer to Ark Music, she alleged that Ark Music failed to
fulfill the terms of their November 2010 agreement by not giving her the
song and video's master recordings; falsely claimed Black as
exclusively signed to the label; and exploited the song without
permission by, for example, selling a "Friday" ringtone.
While Wilson stated that Kelly "will get the masters and the song. They
can have it all" and agreed that Black was not exclusive to Ark, his
attorney claimed that Ark owns the copyright for the song and the
November agreement is invalid.^[76]

In June 2011, Ark Music Factory started charging $2.99 to watch the music video on YouTube.^[77]
Black's initial response was through a message through her Twitter
account saying: "Thanks for all the messages regarding the $2.99 fee
added to Friday video, I have nothing to do with this!!" meaning that the move to charge money for downloads came through Ark Music Factory.

On June 16, 2011, YouTube took down the official video for "Friday".
Instead a message in place of the video read: "This video is no longer
available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black. Sorry about that.^[77]
A spokesman for Rebecca Black said her legal team had asked YouTube to
take the video down because of an ongoing legal dispute with the song's
producers Ark Music Factory.

Ark Music Factory responded by saying it was disappointed that Black
decided to have the video pulled from YouTube despite the two parties
being in "good faith negotiations". It added: "There's been an ongoing,
open dialogue with our company. So we were blindsided to get a 'Take
Down Notice' alleging copyright infringement instead of a call or e-mail
from Rebecca's representatives. Our use of the video has fully been
authorized (as evidenced by four uninterrupted months and 160
million-plus viewings without objection) by both Ms. Black and the
copyright holder. Regardless, we are going to continue to take the high
road and work out the complaint as soon as possible, so that the
million-plus people who watch Friday for free each day can continue to
enjoy the video."^[78]

That said, it's probably been reuploaded many times over already.