In its filing , the Department proposed that the parties consider a number of changes to the agreement that may help address the United States ' concerns , including imposing limitations on the most open-ended provisions for future licensing , eliminating potential conflicts among class members , providing additional protections for unknown rights holders , addressing the concerns of foreign authors and publishers , eliminating the joint-pricing mechanisms among publishers and authors , and , whatever the settlement 's ultimate scope , providing some mechanism by which Google 's competitors can gain comparable access .