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.
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