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They can also download over half a million books available free from Google. 还可从谷歌上免费下载数百万本书。

The Internet search company is putting books online that are no longer protected by copyright. 谷歌(网络搜索引擎公司)正把那些不再受版权保护的书放到网上。

But last October, Google reached a one hundred twenty-five million dollar legal settlement to also make parts of some copyrighted books available. 然而去年十月,谷歌达成了 1.25 亿美元的法律调解,也获得了某些有版权的图书。

That deal with two groups of writers and publishers has raised competition issues. 这一涉及二个作家和出版商团体的交易引发了竞争问题。

The Justice Department is now investigating. 美国司法部目前正在调查。

Also, the European Commission plans hearings in September on how European writers might be affected. 另外,欧洲委员会计划于九月就欧洲作家是否受影响举行听证。