Adobe ADEPT DRM for EPUB circumvented - Page 32

ATimson · 02-04-2010, 12:53 AM

Funny - my old key works fine with a book I downloaded for the first time today in v1.7.2 from Fictionwise...

stewball · 02-04-2010, 12:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATimson

Funny - my old key works fine with a book I downloaded for the first time today in v1.7.2 from Fictionwise...

Are you saying you did the upgrade, then bought a book and you were still able to remove the DRM?

zwarbles · 02-04-2010, 01:02 AM

I updated and now it doesn't work.

Nothing I have done has helped...and I sure could use some help at this point.

ATimson · 02-04-2010, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stewball

Are you saying you did the upgrade, then bought a book and you were still able to remove the DRM?

That's exactly what I did.

AprilHare · 02-04-2010, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATimson

That's exactly what I did.

You used the originally extracted key?

Valloric · 02-04-2010, 09:26 AM

You know, I find this strange. The knee-jerk response from Adobe would be to go out of their way to break this script, which they seem to have done.

But that's just damn stupid. A way to remove ADE DRM has a very positive effect on the sales of epubs with this type of protection. People who would otherwise never have bought the book now will, since they can remove the encryption.

Fixing the DRM hurts them in the long run.

I know they have to placate the brain-dead publishers, but still...

pdurrant · 02-04-2010, 09:28 AM

Absolutely. I won't buy any DRMed ebook where I can't remove the DRM. So it looks like no ePubs for me at the moment. (Kindle/Mobipocket are currently my preferred format, for ease of removal/conversion.)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valloric

A way to remove ADE DRM has a very positive effect on the sales of epubs with this type of protection. People who would otherwise never have bought the book now will, since they can remove the encryption.

Fixing the DRM hurts them in the long run.

I know they have to placate the brain-dead publishers, but still...

ATimson · 02-04-2010, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilHare

You used the originally extracted key?

Yes, I used the original key file. I haven't tried extracting a new one (for fear that that might break things!).

My key file wasn't generated until... whatever the next-most-recent ADE version was - 1.7 or possibly 1.7.1. Could that make a difference?

blueglide · 02-04-2010, 10:17 AM

This may seem like a noobish question but I went thru *&#$ to get my wife's reader 'authenticated' with Adobe and that useless Sony store. With the help of some great folks on this board I got things pretty much straightened out and my wife has thoroughly enjoyed her reader since. In the meantime I learned how to liberate her books from DRM. People talk about not buying books with DRM but where can you buy books without it? I refuse to buy any more crap from the Sony store since I purchased some books there in Nov. 09and STILL can't download and read them since they haven't been converted to ePub format yet. (Don't even get me going on Sony store useless, poor speaking, script reading, ill-equipped, customer support personnel)

Anyway, I digress, I would gladly do business with any store where I can buy books DRM free or at least in a format I can liberate and then transfer to my wife's reader. I thought all stores sold DRM protected books? Suggestions for stores and formats?? She has a Sony PRS600.

ATimson · 02-04-2010, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueglide

Anyway, I digress, I would gladly do business with any store where I can buy books DRM free or at least in a format I can liberate and then transfer to my wife's reader. I thought all stores sold DRM protected books? Suggestions for stores and formats?? She has a Sony PRS600.

Unfortunately, most publishers require DRM. Baen Webscriptions sells DRM-free books, and some of Fictionwise's content is DRM-free. But you're not going to find releases from, say, Simon and Schuster or Random House without DRM.

stewball · 02-04-2010, 11:14 AM

Ok, this seems like an isolated problem. It messed up on my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop, but worked fine on my Vista laptop. I have only my main desktop left, but it has Windows 7 on it also, so I am going to wait to see if others are having problems.

Stew

blueglide · 02-04-2010, 11:42 AM

User commenting on Viva eBook blog is having same problem but it sounds like he has Windows XP. Very strange. http://vivaebooks.blogspot.com/2009/...=1265256866938

Note last comment

ATimson · 02-04-2010, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stewball

Ok, this seems like an isolated problem. It messed up on my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop, but worked fine on my Vista laptop. I have only my main desktop left, but it has Windows 7 on it also, so I am going to wait to see if others are having problems.

For what it's worth, my success was on Windows 7 Professional.

dmapr · 02-04-2010, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATimson

For what it's worth, my success was on Windows 7 Professional.

Win XP SP3 and still happy here. I also tried extracting the key again (after making a backup) and it was a success. I originally had 1.7.1, but I also have Sony Reader library installed although I don't know if that makes a difference.

ChristopherTD · 02-04-2010, 12:31 PM

I was prompted to update yesterday, but held off. Hopefully the changes will be understood within the next 40 days so that I can continue to buy ePub. Had I not been able to strip the DRM I would not have purchased the 50 or so I already have.

I am using OS/X so will watch for reports of updaters on that platform!

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02-04-2010, 12:53 AM	#466
ATimson Evangelist Posts: 456 Karma: 1044878 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 4	Funny - my old key works fine with a book I downloaded for the first time today in v1.7.2 from Fictionwise...

02-04-2010, 01:02 AM	#468
zwarbles Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 4278 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad, Nook, NC, NST, Kobo, Nook Glo, K4, KPW Touch	I updated and now it doesn't work. Nothing I have done has helped...and I sure could use some help at this point.

02-04-2010, 09:26 AM	#471
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	You know, I find this strange. The knee-jerk response from Adobe would be to go out of their way to break this script, which they seem to have done. But that's just damn stupid. A way to remove ADE DRM has a very positive effect on the sales of epubs with this type of protection. People who would otherwise never have bought the book now will, since they can remove the encryption. Fixing the DRM hurts them in the long run. I know they have to placate the brain-dead publishers, but still...

02-04-2010, 10:17 AM	#474
blueglide Member Posts: 21 Karma: 40 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony PRS600	This may seem like a noobish question but I went thru *&#$ to get my wife's reader 'authenticated' with Adobe and that useless Sony store. With the help of some great folks on this board I got things pretty much straightened out and my wife has thoroughly enjoyed her reader since. In the meantime I learned how to liberate her books from DRM. People talk about not buying books with DRM but where can you buy books without it? I refuse to buy any more crap from the Sony store since I purchased some books there in Nov. 09and STILL can't download and read them since they haven't been converted to ePub format yet. (Don't even get me going on Sony store useless, poor speaking, script reading, ill-equipped, customer support personnel) Anyway, I digress, I would gladly do business with any store where I can buy books DRM free or at least in a format I can liberate and then transfer to my wife's reader. I thought all stores sold DRM protected books? Suggestions for stores and formats?? She has a Sony PRS600.

02-04-2010, 11:14 AM	#476
stewball Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 90 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS-500	Ok, this seems like an isolated problem. It messed up on my Windows 7 Ultimate laptop, but worked fine on my Vista laptop. I have only my main desktop left, but it has Windows 7 on it also, so I am going to wait to see if others are having problems. Stew

02-04-2010, 11:42 AM	#477
blueglide Member Posts: 21 Karma: 40 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Sony PRS600	User commenting on Viva eBook blog is having same problem but it sounds like he has Windows XP. Very strange. http://vivaebooks.blogspot.com/2009/...=1265256866938 Note last comment

02-04-2010, 12:31 PM	#480
ChristopherTD Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 1010002 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London. UK Device: Marvin Reader on iPad Air (via Calibre)	I was prompted to update yesterday, but held off. Hopefully the changes will be understood within the next 40 days so that I can continue to buy ePub. Had I not been able to strip the DRM I would not have purchased the 50 or so I already have. I am using OS/X so will watch for reports of updaters on that platform!