谷歌垄断案在美达成和解

2013-01-04 00:00:00来源：新东方网

　　US gives Google’s core search the all-clear

　　The US has ended a sweeping antitrust investigation of Googlewithout imposing any sanctions on its core search business, even as the US internet company negotiates more extensivechanges to its business practices with regulators in Europe.

　　美国结束了一场针对谷歌(Google)的全面反垄断调查，未对其核心的搜索业务施加任何制裁，尽管此时这家美国互联网公司正与欧洲监管机构展开谈判、以敲定是否对自身商业行为做出更广泛调整。

　　The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which ends the first extensive US probe of thesearch group, was welcomed by supporters who had argued that the investigation had beenmotivated mainly by Microsoft and other rivals as a way to limit Google’s rise.

　　美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)与谷歌达成的和解，为美国官方针对谷歌的首次全面调查画上了句号。和解得到了谷歌支持者的欢迎。他们认为，调查主要是在微软(Microsoft)和谷歌其他竞争对手的鼓动下发起的，目的是抑制谷歌的崛起

　　“This lifts a cloud off Google that will mean they can compete more aggressively,” said David Balto, a former assistant director of competition policy at the FTC. “The FTC’s action makes it clearGoogle’s actions don’t harm consumers. This closes the book on search.”

　　“和解为谷歌卸下了一副重担，该公司将能够更加积极地展开竞争。”前FTC竞争政策助理主任大卫?巴尔托(David Balto)表示，“FTC的决定清楚表明，谷歌的行为没有损害消费者。这为调查画上了句号。”

　　Despite giving Google’s search engine a clean bill of health, the FTC announced a settlement thatincludes limits to the way Google enforces its patents against other companies and a relaxation ofrestrictions that make it harder for small business advertisers to move their campaigns from Googleto other search engines.

　　尽管FTC为谷歌的搜索引擎颁发了一张“健康证明”，但该委员会宣布的和解方案也对谷歌维护自己专利权的方式做出了一些约束，并迫使谷歌放松了一些限制，这些限制使得一些在谷歌上做广告的小企业较难转投其他搜索引擎。

　　The investigation was launched after claims from Google’s opponents that it gives unfairprominence to its own services in its search results, hurting rivals in areas such as weatherinformation, maps and comparison shopping.

　　此次调查是应谷歌竞争对手的要求展开的。谷歌的竞争对手声称，谷歌在搜索结果中不公平地优先显示其自身服务，对其在天气信息、地图、比较购物等领域的竞争对手造成了伤害。

　　Jon Leibowitz, FTC chairman, said the agency’s commissioners had voted unanimously not to sueGoogle over its search business after concluding that it had valid reasons to promote its owninformation services.

　　FTC主席乔恩?莱博维茨(Jon Leibowitz)表示，委员们得出结论认为，谷歌有正当的理由推广其自身的信息服务，随后一致投票同意不对谷歌的搜索业务提起诉讼。

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