Adobe ADEPT DRM for EPUB circumvented

[Sydney's Mom]

Originally Posted by joblack

One important question: If you upgrade from 1.7.1 to 1.7.2 does ADE change the hardware key in the registry? Can you decrypt new bought e-books (with 1.7.2) with your old key?

Yes. If you mean the decryption key, I didn't even think of getting the new one. Adeptepub pulled up the same adept.der. I didn't even have to tell it where it was. If you mean some other key, I did allow ADE to make registry changes, but don't know exactly what they were.

[pietvo]

Originally Posted by pietvo

For some reason with me Pythonlauncher will also open a Terminal window which is innocent.

This appears to be a Preference item of Pythonlauncher.

[joblack]

#! /usr/bin/python
#

# ineptkey.pyw, version 4.2

# Revision history:
#
# 1 - Initial release, for Adobe Digital Editions 1.7
# 2 - Better algorithm for finding pLK; improved error handling
# 3 - Rename to INEPT
# 4.1 - quick beta fix for ADE 1.7.2 (anon)
# 4.2 - multiple key support, new adeptkey4.der format,
# added old 1.7.1 processing (anon)

#
#! /usr/bin/python
#
-------------
#
# ineptepub.pyw, version 4
#
# Revision history:
#
# 1 - Initial release
# 2 - Rename to INEPT, fix exit code
# 3 - Add cmd or gui choosing
# 4 - changed adeptkey4.der format for 1.7.2 support

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Educated guess - should work for old and new ADEs. Enough for today ...

[ChristopherTD]

Just another confirmation (if any was needed) that upgrading to ADE 1.7.2 on the Mac is harmless - if you have previously obtained your key. (Keep it safe)

[JSWolf]

I just want to say thank you to joblack for the work on the epub tools.

Ineptkey.pyw version 4.2 and ineptepub.pyw version 4 do work on two different Windows 7 systems both running ADE 1.7.2.

[silverraven]

I'd like to second the thank you! I don't know what I would do without this. My mom is well into her 80's and just can't figure out the whole 'get books onto the reader' thing. With this I am able to just load them onto an SD card, mail it to her, and she can just put the SD card right into her reader. Easy Peasy. And saves my sanity trying to explain how to do things over the phone. Anyone who has ever done tech support for an elderly person that thinks cut and paste is hard will understand that drm is evil!
Thank you from me, thank you from her!
S

[pietvo]

Actually, if you would authorize your mother's ereader to your Adobe ID, you could do the same with DRM'ed epubs.

[joblack]

Originally Posted by pietvo

Actually, if you would authorize your mother's ereader to your Adobe ID, you could do the same with DRM'ed epubs.

You want to torture the old grandmother with Adobe ADEPT ...

[pietvo]

No, I said he could do the authorizing (once). After that sending the DRM'ed ebooks on the SD card would be sufficient.

[silverraven]

Actually, if you would authorize your mother's ereader to your Adobe ID, you could do the same with DRM'ed epubs.

Didn't know I could do that. I know that trying to get her to download a library book is impossible. She's on dial up, and had been online maybe 25 times in her life. It scares her to do things on the computer. I guess for someone that through her lifetime has seen the Great Depression, WWII (my dad fought in the war), the development of cars, TV, computers, cell phones, etc. Imagine how things will change by the time we are that age. She tells me all the time "Just wait till you're my age. I want to be a fly on the wall and see how you do."
Who knows, maybe by that time drm will be a thing of the past!!
S

[silverraven]

Originally Posted by pietvo

No, I said he could do the authorizing (once). After that sending the DRM'ed ebooks on the SD card would be sufficient.

Sorry to double post, but would library books still expire? I would only mail her the card once a month or so.
S
PS I'm a girl! And not the most computer literate!

[joblack]

Originally Posted by silverraven

Sorry to double post, but would library books still expire? I would only mail her the card once a month or so.
S
PS I'm a girl! And not the most computer literate!

Hehe - you shouldn't have said that .

Anyway, if you had freed your epubs they are of course no longer bound on the lending period.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by pietvo

No, I said he could do the authorizing (once). After that sending the DRM'ed ebooks on the SD card would be sufficient.

That's not a solution to the problem of the poorly formatted ePub. I strip the DRM for my mom, fix the formatting and then she can have the ePub to read on her 600.

[silverraven]

Maybe they ought to offer 'Senior Books' for anyone over the age of 65. No drm and formatted for what ever reader you choose!
S

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by silverraven

Maybe they ought to offer 'Senior Books' for anyone over the age of 65. No drm and formatted for what ever reader you choose!
S

It's not that.. ePub works on my mom's 600. It's just that I find a lot of eBooks are formatted by monkeys.