Everyone has surely heard Friday by Rebecca Black by now. Probably dozens of times, whether they wanted to or not. Yet no one can now hear or see it on YouTube. Which is a bit of a mystery.
‘Friday’ No More
The by-now-infamous Friday by Rebecca Black, which came from out of nowhere back in March, has disappeared from YouTube. The reason? “A copyright claim by Rebecca Black.” Why would you get your own video removed due to a copyright violation? No one seems to know.
YouTube has merely issued a perfunctory statement and until whatever mess is responsible for this imposition is cleared up Black fans will have to do without their go-to video to welcome in the weekend.
This takedown comes just a few days after Friday changed from being a free download to a $2.99 rental from ARK Music Factory, the vanity record label responsible for the song and the video which accompanies it.
It’s ‘Friday’ Again
Thanks to the fact that contrary to some people’s beliefs there are online video sites other than YouTube, we can still watch the original Friday video by Rebecca Black. As found by Mashable on an educational site called SchoolTube.
Is Rebecca Black’s Friday educational in the slightest? Of course not, unless you’re trying to teach people how to make a ton of money with no talent whatsoever. But the fact it’s on the site and available to embed means we can all still watch and listen to our (least) favorite song of all time. Enjoy!
Conclusions
I can only assume at this point that this whole thing is a publicity stunt to reinvigorate interest in a song which has had its moment in the sun and now faded into obscurity. Either that or there’s some really complicated legal shenanigans going on behind the scenes between Black and the ARK.
Either way, I expect Friday will be back on YouTube shortly. So we can all stop panicking immediately.
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