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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Justice expressed concerns Thursday about a revised legal settlement that Google Inc. struck with authors and publishers to make millions of books available online, saying there were still several problems with the amended agreement.

“Despite the commendable efforts of the parties to improve upon the initial proposed settlement, many of the problems previously identified with respect to the original settlement remain,” the department said in a 26-page legal brief filed Thursday evening.

The department’s comments come five months after the agency voiced several objections to the original settlement, saying it was overly broad and raised antitrust and copyright concerns.

The department said Thursday that a “properly structured” agreement could offer important benefits to society, but it said that Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers were still trying to reach too broadly with their proposed class-action settlement.

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