01-02-2010, 01:06 PM | #1 |
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PB 360 and DRM
I am a very contented refugee from the Opus and I moved over all my books a few days ago when I finally took delivery of the PB 360. Some were originally mobi and to read them in the Opus I had to strip the DRM and convert to ePub with Calibre. Absolutely no problem with opening any of these with either fbreader or the Adobe reader.
I have also bought rather more ePubs and once I had authorised the PB as a device under ADE I appeared to have no problem with any of these. Yesterday I installed the fbreader config file to ensure that I always opened fbreader which I vastly prefer as an ebook reader over the Adobe. I was reading one of the old converted mobi books at the time and noticed nothing out of the ordinary until I tried to open one of my regular ePubs and it wouldn't open. Finally the penny dropped and they would open happily if I selected the Adobe reader. Does that mean that fbreader will not open any DRM ePub even if the device is duly authorised? I would have thought that once authorised the DRM would allow the book to open. I hope that this is so, in which case can someone tell me where I have gone wrong. If I haven't, and fbreader will not open a DRM ePub despite being on an authorised device, then the DRM will have to go. I use a Mac (Snow Leopard) and I would greatly appreciate it if some kind soul would send me a private message and point me in the right direction. All I can find so far is Windows based. David |
01-02-2010, 01:42 PM | #2 |
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Sorry I can't answer your question but I had the same thing happen yesterday. I was testing FBReader after installing this version - FBReader_180d. I have a couple of books that, when I try to open them I get an hourglass in the middle of the screen for several seconds then I am back at the list of books view.
Since none of these books were originally DRMed, I don't know why they won't open with FBReader...but it doesn't bother me. Maybe someone else has an idea what might cause this but you aren't alone with this oddity. |
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01-02-2010, 02:24 PM | #3 |
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FBReader will not open a DRM'd EPUB. You need to use the AdobeViewer for them or de-DRM the DRM'd EPUBs. You can set FBReader to be the default but you can still have the option to open an EPUB with AdobeViewer if you have the right extensions.cfg.
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01-02-2010, 05:14 PM | #4 |
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Thanks tselling. I now realise that FBReader could not open protected files but thanks to the help I have received from a member of this forum my problems will be over.
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01-03-2010, 12:17 AM | #5 |
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If I'm not mistaken Adobe does not allow existence of two authorized readers on one device - only Adobe reader and ces't tout...
That's why you can read DRMed epubs only with Adobe Reader.... |
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01-03-2010, 08:18 AM | #6 | |
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If true it might help explain why there are no ADE + eReader dual-DRM gadgets out there. |
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01-03-2010, 08:22 AM | #7 | |
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There is an ADE + eReader dual-DRM device - the B&N "nook". |
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01-03-2010, 08:29 AM | #8 |
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It is my understanding that the nook's eReader support coes via a custom ADE implementation not through separate, independent reader apps.
It is my understanding that Astak has tried for a while to implement the latter approach and had... licensing issues. <shrug> No big deal; I don't particularly care what one hypocritical monopolistic company does to another. Just curious. |
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The topic here is unrelated to Mobi-DRM. It just means that FBReader on PocketBook can't be modified by the PocketBook dev's to support DRMed ePubs because Adobe seems to allow only one application per device to use their DRM-framework. (Though, i doubt even that.)
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01-03-2010, 08:46 AM | #10 |
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FBReader does not support DRM. In principle Open Source applications can't support DRM because if a vendor updates its source code (e.g. to add DRM) that source code must be released to the device owners. This typically defeats the purpose of the DRM.
The only exception to the code release requirement is that the owners of the copyright can also release a variant of the same code under a different license. The authors of FBReader have left this possibility open, but so far as I know it has never been used. |
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As proof beside my raw word, you can see that other DRM schemes exist quite nicely (contractually) beside the RMSDK: - The Sony Reader supports the LRX format (DRM'd BBeB) and has for quite some time. - As Harry noted, the Nook has eReader support (which does not come from the RMSDK). To my knowledge the FBReader team has yet to contact us about being an RMSDK customer (but I'm not on the sales end, so I don't know for sure), but being Open Source (as Wallcraft noted) would be another violation of the license that the RMSDK is issued under. Last edited by Jim Lester; 01-03-2010 at 11:57 AM. Reason: tweaked for grammar and readability |
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I've activated my PocketBook 360 with help of Adobe Digital Edition (ADE) Activated my PC computer with the same id. I can read EPUB file on computer, but when I open it on Pocketbook it shows only small icon at the top of screen, no text. Context menu shows that it's FBReader. |
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When I click and hold "OK" central button, it shows menu, but it has only "Open" item, no "Open With"
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