Google has introduced a new music service in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs.
The Google Music Onebox service will only be available in China and the company does not have plans to expand the service in other markets.
The service could help reduce the amount of pirated music, which has hurt the growth of the legitimate digital music industry in China, the country with the world's largest Internet population.
"The Internet industry should by no means stand in the opposite camp against the music industry," Google China President Kai-fu Lee said in a statement.
"Google always believes profoundly that mutual interest, rather than monopoly, is the key to sustainable growth."
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