Lady Gaga's YouTube account was suspended Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Even one of online video's biggest stars isn't immune to copyright claims.
Lady Gaga's YouTube account was suspended Thursday. The notice read that the suspension was due to "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's copyright policy."


By late Thursday, the account had been restored, much to the glee of Gaga's Little Monsters.
The Google Inc.-owned YouTube declined to comment. It's YouTube policy to remove accounts after three copyright violations.


Reports have suggested that the infringing video was a recently uploaded clip of Gaga's performance on Fuji TV. Messages left with Gaga's publicist and record label, Interscope, weren't immediately returned Thursday.


The account, "ladygagaofficial," is one of two for Gaga. The removed channel is run by Gaga's camp, while she also has an unaffected Vevo account.


The Vevo account, which has more than 1.6 billion views, generally debuts her music videos. Co-owned by Universal Music Group and Sony Entertainment, Vevo is a music video platform that also distributes videos on YouTube.


On Thursday, Gaga's HBO concert special "Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden" earned five Emmy Award nominations.
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Associated Press writer Mesfin Fekadu contributed to this report.
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Lady Gaga is incensed about claims that she is using the gay community.

Lady Gaga is incensed about claims that she is using the gay community to sell albums branding the notion “ridiculous”.


In a new interview with Advocate magazine, the controversial singer - who has a huge gay following - dismissed critics who have accused her of capitalising on her fans and using them for her own gain.
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he 25-year-old pop star, whose hit single Born This Way became a big gay anthem, says her music is deeper than just selling records.


“That’s one of the most ridiculous statements anyone can make about me,” she said of the claims.
“I would say the top thing I think about every single day of my life, other than my fans, loving the music, and my family being healthy, is social justice and equality.”


Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, was true to her word recently when she pulled out of a deal with retailer Target after it was alleged the company had contributed money to an “anti-gay candidate that was running for the governor of Minnesota”.


“You’re either going to try and change or you’re not,” Gaga stated. “Taking an ambiguous stance is not what I’m about, obviously.”


She also conceded that having rumours spread about her “comes with the territory of being a musician and being someone who is a public figure”.
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Lady Gaga's Sister Joins Her On Council Of Fashion Designers Of America Awards Red Carpet

Lady Gaga's 10-inch platform shoes, spiked bustier, and turquoise wig weren't the only things that got the Web talking this week when she arrived at the Council Of Fashion Designers Of America Awards (CFDA) in New York to pick up her style-icon honor. The woman in black who escorted her across the red carpet also sparked a buzz.


The woman's name is Natali Germanotta, and she is Lady Gaga's 19-year-old sister. Natali bears a strong resemblance to the sibling six years her senior. Dressed in a simple pants suit, gold necklace, bustier, and black lipstick, Natali looks like Lady Gaga without the rock star costumes and hair.


Natali has been photographed at other Gaga events. She was in the front row when Lady Gaga performed on "Today" last year. And she even has a cameo in the epic Lady Gaga and Beyonce video "Telephone." In the video, when Lady Gaga enters the jail holding cell, she stands directly beside then-17-year-old Natali, who is wearing dark shades and big '80s hair.


Months after the "Telephone" video debuted, Gaga made news when attending Natali's high school graduation.


Based on the activity on her @germmonster318 Twitter page, Natali seems to live a regular life. She tweets about college. She's a first-year fashion design student at Parsons design school in New York. Her profile picture is from a flick with her boyfriend. In her 99 tweets to date, she comments about college, missing her girls from high school, and going to Pinkberry with her mom, and sometimes she sends love to her world-famous sister.


The night Gaga entered the Grammys in an egg, Natali sent her support. "My little fetus in the egg is gonna kill it tonight," she tweeted. She later added, "Couldn't ask for a better person for me to call my sister and best friend," she wrote. "@ladygaga- stefi, I love you with all my heart an I am so proud of you. X."


In January, Natali revealed her favorite Gaga song, a mellow '80s dance track called "So Happy I Could Die" from "The Fame Monster." Lady Gaga's fans love Natali, too. They send her messages about Gaga. When Natali tweeted that she needed more followers, Perez Hilton responded and helped spread the word.


That's Really Week is definitely impressed by the sisterhood between these ladies. And there's more good music news this week. Aerosmith announced that its returning to the studio to record its first album in 10 years. Ludacris made a surprise appearance during Jason Aldean's performance on the CMT Awards. Gwen Stefani fans weren't so happy, though, to hear that she would no longer pursue her solo career. And lastly, Flo Rida was charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.


Get more details on these stories in the links below. Flo Rida tried to talk his way out of the citation, and we have an excerpt of the hilarious quote. Be sure to check back next week for another news roundup.


THIS WEEK'S TOP 5 MUSIC NEWS STORIES


1) Sister Gaga -- Meet Lady Gaga's CFDA red carpet escort


2) Walk This Way -- Aerosmith is preparing to record new album


3) Sweet Escape -- Gweni Stefani says her "Hollaback" days are over


4) Southern Hospitality -- Ludacris joins Jason Aldean on CMT stage


5) Man Down -- Flo Rida gets arrested for drinking and driving

Lady Gaga’s new single Judas has sparked outrage amongst Catholic leaders

Below is Lady Gaga’s second single, “Judas.” The album “Born This Way” (official cover attached to this article), is out on May 23.

Late on Friday, Lady Gaga’s second single off the “Born This Way” album leaked online. Her camp rush-released “Judas,” 4 days ahead of the official date, and religious leaders have been voicing their outrage over the lyrics ever since.

Lady Gaga has never been a stranger to controversy, but even for her, “Judas” may be too much, they’re saying.


“When he comes to me, I am ready/ I’ll wash his feet with my hair if he needs/ Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain/ Even after three times, he betrays me/ I’ll bring him down, a king with no crown…” Gaga sings on “Judas.”

Since she’s Mary Magdalene in the song, it’s no wonder that religious leaders are all fuming mad at it. However, the intention was never to offend, camp Gaga says in a new interview cited by E! Online.

Gaga is only using religious elements to make a point – and, at the same time, to create a “new Jerusalem,” Gaga’s creative director Laurieann Gibson says.

“It went through several changes and late-night debates because at one point, there were two completely different views and I was like, ‘Listen, I don’t want lightning to strike me! I believe in the gospel and I’m not going there’,” Gibson says.

Eventually, they went for the least offensive version.

“And it was amazing because to have that conversation about salvation, peace and the search for the truth in a room of non-believers and believers, to me, that was saying God is active in a big way,” Gibson adds.

“And the place that it came to is surreal. We don’t touch on things that we have no right touching upon, but the inspiration and the soul and idea that out of your oppression, your darkness, your Judas, you can come into the marvelous light,” she says.

“Judas” is not about Gaga going out of her way to offend by belittling religious beliefs. Neither it is a pop song that’s trying to cause a ruckus for no apparent reason.

“It’s about the inspiration and to never give up… We’ve created a new Jerusalem,” Gibson stresses.