Adobe ADEPT DRM for EPUB circumvented

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by ATimson

It's theoretically possible that an Adobe SDK reader (Digital Editions, txtr on iPhone) could phone home those tags, leading to the disabling of the Adobe account of anybody who used INEPT.

Likely, no; paranoid, yes. But still possible.

Yes, but if you have not stolen the book from a library or someplace else, and have simply removed the DRM to read it on another reader or for storage purposes, having the uuid of the machine it was purchased for in each file can not hurt in any way.

If you are stealing books, that is simply wrong, and no one should help you do that.

KevinH

[ATimson]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Yes, but if you have not stolen the book from a library or someplace else, and have simply removed the DRM to read it on another reader or for storage purposes, having the uuid of the machine it was purchased for in each file can not hurt in any way.

That's how it should be, but I don't believe that the law - at least in the United States - agrees at present.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by ATimson

It's theoretically possible that an Adobe SDK reader (Digital Editions, txtr on iPhone) could phone home those tags, leading to the disabling of the Adobe account of anybody who used INEPT.

Likely, no; paranoid, yes. But still possible.

Hmm... yes, I suppose that's theoretically possible.

In that case the simplest answer would be to strip those lines. But it seems an awful lot of work. I'll leave it until it happens to someone.

After all, give that I'd have already de-drmed all my adept-drmed books, getting an Adobe ID disabled wouldn't really be a problem.

[NookyBook]

I have checked out the same book from multiple libraries, and the urn:uuid is the same for the title regardless of library. Different books have different uuid's. So it seems that it is a resource number for the book itself.

But, could the uuid string encrypting my PC's ID info with the title info in the urn:uuid?

[Jellby]

Try to get the same book from different accounts, and check it. I doubt the uuid is different, but it could be.

[alfytheige]

Originally Posted by Frederike

I installed everything but if I want to decrypt the files I get the following error:
problem decrypting session key.
Does anyone know how to solve this? Because I would like to get my ebooks on my ereader

Originally Posted by ngrant

I had the same problem and found this solution on another website that worked for me. I downgraded my ADE to 1.7.1 as per the instructions (see below), then ran the first script ineptkey.pyw to create the adeptkey.der file which I have saved in the same folder as my epub books (and backed up safely elsewhere) and it still works even though I upgraded Digital Editions to the latest version afterwards. KEEP THIS KEY FILE SAFE and DO NOT RUN THE ineptkey.pyw EVER AGAIN! It will replace your working key with a non-working version.

Then go ahead and run the ineptepub.pyw script on each book one at a time to decrypt. I can't tell you how GOOD it felt the first time I was successful with this, after months of messing around with it. I can now read my Sony store ebooks on my jetBook Lite instead of my laptop and it is GLORIOUS.

Hope this helps you as it did me; copy or print these instructions as this post may have to be taken down by the mods for violating something or other...

I am getting the above problem and have tried the fix suggested but it doesn't seem to have worked please can someone give me an idea what to try next? thanks

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by alfytheige

I am getting the above problem and have tried the fix suggested but it doesn't seem to have worked please can someone give me an idea what to try next? thanks

The latest version of the ineptkey script works with the latest version of ADE. Have you tried that?

[alfytheige]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

The latest version of the ineptkey script works with the latest version of ADE. Have you tried that?

Hi Yes thanks I was just coming back to post I'd found a later version and its working now. thanks

[Devorah]

I have installed the latest ineptkey and ineptpdf. The key generates a file called adeptkey. I have no error message here and assume that this is going correctly.

I am then running ineptpdf. adeptkey shows up itself in the top field. I get the unexpected EOF when running it though.

The book is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. It came out just this week. I don't know if that makes a difference. I just purchased it from B and N.

Help is appreciated. Thank you,
Devorah

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Devorah

I just purchased it from B and N.

B&N does not use Adobe ADEPT DRM. Instead, B&N epubs are password protected (with the username and password based on your credit card). However, all is not lost, see Barnes & Noble DRM for EPUB circumvented.

Note that you may also get a .pdb file instead of a .epub. In that case the ebook is in eReader format, which is also circumventable and I suggest looking on Apprentice Alf's Blog for the latest info.

[Devorah]

You are terrific. Thank you.

[lester]

Hi, I'm hoping some can help. I have just bought an iPad and I wold like to remove the DRM from my epub books so that I can read them in iBooks. I have successfully installed Python (v2.6.5) and Pycrypto (v2.1.0) on my mac. I have also run ineptkeymac.py (v1.0) to generate the key (adeptkey.der), which I saved in a folder under Documents names "Python26" . The problem is when I run aineptepub.pyw (v4.1) all I get is an error message:
"Error in: {book title}.epub[Errno2] No such file or directory: '/Users/{root}/Documents/Digital Editions\\{book title}.epub"
where {book title} = file name
I have tried changing the book name (i.e. file name) as it contains ";" and moved the location of the book to a folder with no spaces in the name but still get the same error message. I would be most appreciative if some one could help me here. This particular book was purchased from eBooks.com

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by lester

Hi, I'm hoping some can help. I have just bought an iPad and I wold like to remove the DRM from my epub books so that I can read them in iBooks. I have successfully installed Python (v2.6.5) and Pycrypto (v2.1.0) on my mac. I have also run ineptkeymac.py (v1.0) to generate the key (adeptkey.der), which I saved in a folder under Documents names "Python26" . The problem is when I run aineptepub.pyw (v4.1) all I get is an error message:
"Error in: {book title}.epub[Errno2] No such file or directory: '/Users/{root}/Documents/Digital Editions\\{book title}.epub"
where {book title} = file name
I have tried changing the book name (i.e. file name) as it contains ";" and moved the location of the book to a folder with no spaces in the name but still get the same error message. I would be most appreciative if some one could help me here. This particular book was purchased from eBooks.com

Hi Lester, welcome to the forum!

To avoid trouble with file paths and names, here's what I do:

I created a folder in my user root folder (the one that has my user name). I called this folder Tools, of course the name doesn't matter but it's better if it's short

I moved all the files I need in this folder: the python scripts, the adeptkey.der file, and I temorarily also move the ebook files that I want to decrypt to this same folder.

When I start the Terminal, it positions me in my root folder, so I only have to type the following to go to the Tools folder:

cd Tools

Then I type the command line. Since I am already in the folder where everything is, I don't need to type the file path, so it looks like this:

python ineptepub.py adeptkey.der booknamedrm.epub booknamenodrm.epub

Since I type everything manually, I often shorten the file name of the book too. I have copied the code line to a text file as a reminder, but in fact I almost never re-type it completely: in the Terminal, you can use the up arrow to recall the last few lines you typed and change them. It will even remember them from one session to the next, which is cool.

Hope this helps
Florence

[lester]

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Hi Lester, welcome to the forum!

To avoid trouble with file paths and names, here's what I do:

I created a folder in my user root folder (the one that has my user name). I called this folder Tools, of course the name doesn't matter but it's better if it's short

I moved all the files I need in this folder: the python scripts, the adeptkey.der file, and I temorarily also move the ebook files that I want to decrypt to this same folder.

When I start the Terminal, it positions me in my root folder, so I only have to type the following to go to the Tools folder:

cd Tools

Then I type the command line. Since I am already in the folder where everything is, I don't need to type the file path, so it looks like this:

python ineptepub.py adeptkey.der booknamedrm.epub booknamenodrm.epub

Since I type everything manually, I often shorten the file name of the book too. I have copied the code line to a text file as a reminder, but in fact I almost never re-type it completely: in the Terminal, you can use the up arrow to recall the last few lines you typed and change them. It will even remember them from one session to the next, which is cool.

Hope this helps
Florence

Thanks Florence,
I tried your suggestion and was excited when I saw that there was some kind of output but when I tried to open it (in any reader) it seems to be corrupted. The output from the Terminal was:

~$ python aineptepub.py adeptkey.der bookdrm.epub booknodrm.epub
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "aineptepub.py", line 372, in <module>
sys.exit(cli_main())
File "aineptepub.py", line 229, in cli_main
data = inf.read(path)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/zipfile.py", line 834, in read
return self.open(name, "r", pwd).read()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/zipfile.py", line 874, in open
zinfo.orig_filename, fname)
zipfile.BadZipfile: File name in directory "OEBPS/Lars_9780307593672_epub" and header "OEBPS/Lars_9780307593672_epub_epl_r1.htm" differ.

Any thoughts?

[FlorenceArt]

Originally Posted by lester

Thanks Florence,
I tried your suggestion and was excited when I saw that there was some kind of output but when I tried to open it (in any reader) it seems to be corrupted. The output from the Terminal was:

~$ python aineptepub.py adeptkey.der bookdrm.epub booknodrm.epub
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "aineptepub.py", line 372, in <module>
sys.exit(cli_main())
File "aineptepub.py", line 229, in cli_main
data = inf.read(path)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/zipfile.py", line 834, in read
return self.open(name, "r", pwd).read()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/zipfile.py", line 874, in open
zinfo.orig_filename, fname)
zipfile.BadZipfile: File name in directory "OEBPS/Lars_9780307593672_epub" and header "OEBPS/Lars_9780307593672_epub_epl_r1.htm" differ.

Any thoughts?

Looks like there may be a problem with your epub file, but I have no idea what that can be. Can you open the original file with ADE?