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Old 12-18-2009, 12:18 PM   #123
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Originally Posted by evdberg View Post
Eric,

I only installed the Sony Reader software, which generated the ADE license. I have not installed any software from Adobe (at least not that I know of).

I had to do a bit more to get it working than I described above. The formatting, or better said the lack thereof (no linebreaks), of the activation.dat file was also giving problems. So I decided to make a file that only consisted of the privateLicenseKey part and remove the rest. This worked.

No, I am not engrossed in reading the decrypted book. I just 'bought' the first free book I could find in the Sony store for testing purposes only. The goal was to determine whether to go through the hassle of upgrading the firmware of my PRS-500. Obviously this is not necessary.

- Erwin
Erwin,

I imagine that we have learned something important here: the Sony Reader software generates an ADE license key whose adeptkey.dat file has a different internal structure than the one that the Adobe Digital Editions software generates. I must admit that surprises me, since one might think they would be identical ... but you never know.

I'm confused about your PRS-500 Sony Reader: if the Sony Reader software generates the adeptkey.dat license key file on your Mac, why is the PRS-500 itself unable to read the DRM-encrypted e-books, unless you remove the DRM encryption first. I am using the Stanza reader software on an iPhone and have to strip off the DRM for that. But I am surprised you need to do so also.

Cheers,
Eric
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