According to Reuters, a legal battle between Black and Ark Music Records, whose studio was used to record the song, has led to Black's lawyers yanking the video from YouTube, claiming that it violates copyright laws.
Ark Music was paid $4,000 by Black's mother in exchange for the song and music video. So Ark is actually more like a recording studio for hire than a standard record label. However, Black was never given the master recordings that her contract allegedly guaranteed to her. Furthermore, Ark does not possess the right to commercially exploit the song in other forms, such as ringtones.
The legal battle is being fought in order to determine which parts of the royalties from the song should be given to Black and which parts should be given to Ark Music.
"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," Black's representative said, according to Digital Spy.
The video had more than 167 million views before it was taken down.
"YouTube takes copyright infringement very seriously. When we receive a complaint alleging that a video infringes another person or company's copyrights, we remove that video," a YouTube spokesperson said yesterday.
If Black and Ark do not reach an agreement, the matter will have to be settled in court
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