Rebecca Black’s “Friday” music video, which racked up over 160 million views on YouTube, has been removed. The page to Black’s official video included a notice that the video is “no longer available due to a copyright claim by Rebecca Black,” with a “Sorry about that” from YouTube. A YouTube spokesperson offered TechCrunch the following statement on the matter: 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. Users who believe that a video was removed in error can appeal the copyright takedown. “Friday” was recently put behind a paywall and users were asked to pay $2.99 to access the video via YouTube Rentals. Access to the video–without the paywall–was restored, though it appears that the video has since been removed. LOOK:
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