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  MrWilson, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:07pm

  
  

  Whatever the cause is, they did the world a favor.
  
  Rather than teaching kids to learn an instrument and develop their own style, the Rebecca Black scenario just tells kids that they can't have a famous song unless they're rich enough to pay for someone to write really bad lyrics and autotune the crap out of your voice.

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:17pm

  
  

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  I think the signal to the children is more "you don't need any talent at all to become famous." Not sure they'd want the RB style of fame, but there it is.

   

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  E. Zachary Knight (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:21pm

  
  

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  That's not fame. That's infamy.

   

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  Mike42 (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:25pm

  
  

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  Exactly. MrWilson, the song was infamous for being soooo bad.
  It's hilarious that somebody thought people would pay for it. Kinda like "being hit on the head lessons."

   

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  Richard (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:35pm

  
  

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  That's not fame. That's infamy.
  
  Infamy, infamy - they've all got it ...

   

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  Malcolm Law, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 6:02pm

  
  

  Fame versus infamy

  Fame is fleeting. Only infamy is forever. Rebecca Black's generation recognise Hitler but not Churchill. Go figure.

   

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  abc gum, Jun 17th, 2011 @ 5:12am

  
  

  Re: Fame versus infamy

  "Rebecca Black's generation recognise Hitler but not Churchill. "
  
  Probably due to the Hitler reacts meme

   

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  Prashanth (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:39pm

  
  

  Darn it Mr. Masnick, now you've ruined tomorrow for me. (For those in the western hemisphere, tomorrow is Friday.)

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:47pm

  
  

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  That's OK, this one is better....
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvCVyoESLYY
  
  I know IHOP always gets my money when hear this one....

   

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  PrometheeFeu (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 3:09pm

  
  

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  I hate you!

   

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  ltlw0lf (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 3:48pm

  
  

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  That's OK, this one is better....
  
  Hey, I use that same checklist every morning.
  
  Still not a zombie yet...but I wonder if I'd use the checklist if I was?
  
  Pancakes are great, just don't put syrup on them.

   

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  fairuse (profile), Jun 17th, 2011 @ 9:29am

  
  

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  Take this for hurting my ears and brain.
  
  Miss Black unplugged -- on ABC morning show.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CBzT2pv1Jc

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 3:20pm

  
  

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  And yesterday was Wednesday.

   

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  A.R.M. (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:47pm

  
  

  A small correction...

  ...I'm not in a coma. Rather, it appears I've been extraordinarily lucky to escape it.
  
  As for the topic... meh. It's not like I wanted to go looking for it just to be a statistic.

   

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  Planespotter (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 2:57pm

  
  

  Result!

   

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  Kaskade, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 3:27pm

  
  

  You know Mike has run out of things to talk about when he talks about Rebecca Shit Black

   

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  Anonymous Coward, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 3:37pm

  
  

  Hacked maybe? Sounds like something 4chan or lulzsec would enjoy doing.

   

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  Hugh Mann (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 3:49pm

  
  

  $2.99? Are you kidding?

  I mean, excpet for Rebecca's mom & dad, who would pay to view it? I mean, good for her (and by "her", I mean along with whoever showered her with money) to do what every little girl loves to do - playing dress-up with Mom's clothes & jewelry and putting a on a show with her friends in the backyard - and turning her little fantasy into something a bit more substantial.
  
  If you look at it the right way, you can enjoy it the same way you can enjoy watching kids playing make-believe.
  
  Granted, some parts (like where d's and t's get intentionally silenced, so you get words like "di'n't", and that whole nasal voice thing she's got going on) really grate on my nerves, but she's just a kid, right?
  
  Anyway, even in my most charitable mood, there's no way in Hell I'd pay money to watch that thing. The $2.99 price must have been some sort of mistake, as I can't see anyone REALLY thinking she'd make more than $9.00 once she, her mom and her dad paid up.
  
  HM

   

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  Nicedoggy, Jun 16th, 2011 @ 4:11pm

  
  

  Finally something good came out of copycrap.

  This is one of the rare instances, copyright actually is useful to the general public

   

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  LegitTroll (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 5:04pm

  
  

  While I understand the sentiment.

  I completely understand the reaction to this posting. Rebecca Black was hoping to be the next Bieber with this release, but all its done is propel her to the butt of a few over saturated jokes. The purpose of removing the video now seems to be rather late. 10 million hits, hundreds of parodies and lip syncs. Is there really a point? Are they going to put that really crappy genie back in a bottle somehow?
  
  I think that I would rather be rickrolled then ever have to hear that again, but the pancake song was pretty catchy though.

   

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  bunnyhero (profile), Jun 16th, 2011 @ 9:48pm

  
  

  definitely some sort of fight behind the scenes...

  it seems no one reporting on this looked at rebecca black's twitter account (@MsRebeccaBlack). they would have seen the following tweets from her when the rental fee appeared on the friday video:
  
  "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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  The eejit (profile), Jun 17th, 2011 @ 3:49am

  
  

  Re: definitely some sort of fight behind the scenes...

  Ah, the joys of entitlement culture.

   

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  Brittney Cavallari, Jun 17th, 2011 @ 11:36am

  
  

  Well thank god.

   

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  Jason, Jun 18th, 2011 @ 10:06am

  
  

  Mebbeh..

  ..she just woke up to how awful it is and is asserting her copyright to keep it from being played to her embarrassment.
  
  It's an interesting perspective on deciding the best term length for copyright. How long SHOULD she be allowed to suppress her own speech in order let this ugly, ugly thing fade into obscurity?

   

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