Her (in)famous video of the single Friday has been removed from YouTube as a result of legal wrangling over rights to the song.
In a classic case of girl meets record label, girl becomes unexpected star and girl fights with record label, Black and her team are battling Ark Music Factory over the rights to the song, which became a YouTube sensation when it amassed 160 million views. Ark began charging $2.99 per view of the clip, prompting Black and her lawyer to issue a takedown notice to YouTube and get litigious.
Black's parents originally paid Ark $4,000 to produce the song and video for their 13 year old daughter.