Thread: ADE and Google Play problem
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Old 06-04-2015, 10:58 AM   #48
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Originally Posted by seacity1 View Post
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1846664

According to this in order to solve the problem you need to upgrade to ADE 4.03 as Google Play is now using the newer ACS4 DRM. Does anyone know if you need to uninstall ADE 2 or if the two versions will coexist on the same machine? Also, if can co-exist when you download a book which version will open automatically?
ACS4 DRM is not new. It was certainly around in 2009, and I think was released some time in September 2008. This is nothing new. Also, the relevant part of the post you referred to from the Adobe forums is:
After reading on mobilereads forum I downloaded ADE version 4.03. Now download works
I have seen no mention of the need to upgrade to 4.03 either in this thread or any other mobileread thread. However, I note that 4.03 is the current latest version available for download.

It appears to me that the lesson the Adobe poster took from Mobileread was that the problem was solved by installing a later version, and as a result installed the latest available.

Personally my understanding is that 4.0.3 supports ACS6 and the new Adobe DRM. At some time in the future it is possible that Vendors using ACS6 will turn on an option which will download books with the new DRM to those with versions of ADE which support it, whilst continuing to download books with the old DRM to those with older versions of ADE. Upgrading to 4.0.3 does not therefore seem to be a wonderful idea.
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