YouTube sensation, Rebecca Black, best known as the “Friday” girl, and her legal team have yanked the infamous “Friday” music video off the video sharing website over a legal battle with Ark Music Factory.

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This legal battle started after Ark Music Factory, the recording company that produced and wrote the song, set up the viral “Friday” video as a $2.99 YouTube rental. Ark reportedly does not own the rights to Rebecca’s image or her song.

Rebecca tweeted, “Thanks for all the messages regarding the $2.99 fee added to Friday video, I have NOTHING to do with this!! PS…My Manager and Lawyer are on this and are going to get to the bottom of this! Stay tuned…”

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Rebecca’s rep said in a statement to TMZ, “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.”

Ark Music Factory, a vanity recording studio, and Rebecca Black don’t seem to be able to reach a settlement. The singer’s mother paid $4.000 for her daughter to be able to record and shoot a music video. “Friday” went viral, so they are fighting to determine how much each party gets for Rebecca’s overnight success.

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AMF responds in statement: “We’re disappointed, having been in good faith negotiations with Rebecca Black and her representatives for months regarding any open issues. There’s been an ongoing, open dialogue with our company. So we were blindsided to get a Take Down Notice — with no notice — alleging copyright infringement instead of a call or email from Rebecca’s representatives. We are going to continue to take the high road and work out the complaint as soon as possible.”

Good faith? A $2.99 fee doesn’t exactly stand for good faith… greed is a mortal sin. And Ark Music Factory has already been paid for their work, so there is no need to demand money from fans who want to watch Friday on YouTube.

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