Rebecca Black is pissed at Ark Music Factory, the company which wrote and produced her "Friday" song aa well as the video. She is claiming that Ark is exploiting her image as well as the song, neither of which she says they have rights to.
The problem is that the song was written by Patrice Wilson of Ark, the recording was produced by Ark, and the video was produced by Ark.
But I'm sure Rebecca Black (or her parents) paid a ton for these services...
Will be interesting to see how this one works out. Until then, make sure you get your agreements in writing, so everything about ownership of your music, production, and image is crystal clear!
UPDATE: Rebecca Black has re-released the video as a "Director's Cut."
UPDATE 2: The new version has been pulled. How am I going to celebrate the upcoming weekend now?
I don't think it's any shock that she doesn't know how the biz works. They did pay for those services, but there's probably a clause in there that either gives the label ownership still, or at least rights to use it.
Posted by: Phil Johnson | June 18, 2011 at 11:03 AM