Included with recent installations of Veoh is a program called OpenCandy, which some security programs, including Microsoft Security Essentials, classify as adware.
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The program is designed to download embedded videos in FLV, MP4, WebM, or 3GP formats from any website, including the popular sites YouTube, Facebook, Vevo, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Veoh and Metacafe.
While similar cases have been filed against YouTube, MP3Tunes.com, Veoh, PornoTube, and Divx/Stage 6, this case is particularly important as it directly tests how copyright law applies to search engines.