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Rebecca Black's "Friday" pulled from YouTube

Rebecca Black appears at MTV's "O Music Awards" on April 28, 2011, in Las Vegas. Getty

(CBS) Rebecca Black yanked her viral and incessantly catchy "Friday" video off YouTube after a dispute over her image.

The video's removal came after Ark Music Factory - which produced the song and hosted the music video on its YouTube account - set up "Friday" with a $2.99 fee as YouTube rental earlier this week.

Black's rep told 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."

The singer responded to news of the rental fee on her Twitter account on Tuesday.

"Thanks for all the messages regarding the $2.99 fee added to Friday video, I have NOTHING to do with this!!" she wrote, adding in a following message, "PS...My Manager and Lawyer are on this and are going to get to the bottom of this! Stay tuned..."

Black's team has been threatening legal action against Ark Music, according to reports, claiming that the company is wrongfully exploiting her image and song because it does not own the rights to either.

But if it's just not the weekend if you're not listening to "Friday," fear not: the video is back online (and viewable for free), as of the time of this posting, as a "director's cut" on the singer's official Vevo page. Or, you can watch it below.

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