Adobe ADEPT DRM for PDF circumvented - Page 14

JSWolf · 03-12-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Here's my question, why is it that the penalties for malicious misuse of DMCA takedowns are not being enforced?? Any one, at any time is allowed to effectively cripple a site on a completely false accusation and there is no recourse??

Please someone explain to me when the US became a haven for witch hunters.

I have read some of The Dark Side by Jayne Mayer. It has led me to the following conclusion. The DMCA got signed because George W. Bush was a spineless jellyfish and listened to the bad advice of the people he surrounded himself with. And Dick Chaney was already quite paranoid before 9/11 and 9/11 just put him over the top. So between the people Bush had around him and Chaney, the USA had no chance.

If I ever was to get a chance to talk to Obama, I would ask him about repealing the DMCA.

RobbieClarken · 03-12-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If I ever was to get a chance to talk to Obama, I would ask him about repealing the DMCA.

Given some of Obama's nominations to the justice department, I don't think it would do much good.

JSWolf · 03-12-2009, 11:32 AM

Still, if nobody mentions it to the President, nothing definitely will happen.

RobbieClarken · 03-12-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Still, if nobody mentions it to the President, nothing definitely will happen.

Heh, that makes the US sound like a dictatorship. I think you would have a better chance appealing to your representative than speaking personally to the president. It's a worrisome sign that people in the US now see the executive branch and not the congress as being responsible for legislation.

Shaggy · 03-12-2009, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by epiphany

Heh, that makes the US sound like a dictatorship. I think you would have a better chance appealing to your representative than speaking personally to the president. It's a worrisome sign that people in the US now see the executive branch and not the congress as being responsible for legislation.

You're right, that is one worrisome sign. Another "oops" is that the DMCA was created under Clinton, not Bush.

DaleDe · 03-13-2009, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

If people use the tool to comvert to other format to be able to read the books then the reasonable response from libraries is to make the books available in more formats.

I believe that libraries are supplying eBooks in all the available formats that there is. Most formats do not support time limited licenses.

Dale

pilotbob · 03-13-2009, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If I ever was to get a chance to talk to Obama, I would ask him about repealing the DMCA.

I might ask him that too... but certainly not the first topic I would want to discuss. First I would strongly encourage him to push to get passed and sign into law the Fair Tax Act. Then maybe stop wasting all this money on "The War on Drugs". After that perhaps.... some more things, then the DMCA... then may WTF is the reason we haven't stopped printing the $1 bill?

BOb

DaleDe · 03-13-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

Whatever happened to Fortran 77? Those were the days... punch cards and waiting hours or days for printouts.

It got replaced with Fortran 95, why they didn't wait to 99 I am not sure but perhaps they were impatient. After all, original Fortran was Fortran 55.

Dale

TallMomof2 · 03-13-2009, 06:14 PM

Guess I'm too young to remember Fortran 55.

wallcraft · 03-13-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

After all, original Fortran was Fortran 55.

See the first IBM 704 Fortran Manual from 1956.

slayda · 03-13-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TallMomof2

Guess I'm too young to remember Fortran 55.

You are young. I learned with FORTRAN II.

DaleDe · 03-13-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by slayda

You are young. I learned with FORTRAN II.

I learned with Fortran II as well. It came out in 1958 but I was still too young. I learned in the early '60s. Fortran II was the first portable version of Fortran.

Dale

tjax · 03-31-2009, 09:49 PM

Hi guys,

I'm new to the DRM ebooks and I've found you via Google.

I've just purchased an Adobe PDF ebook from echapterone.com. The PDF starts with "%PDF-1.5". It opens fine in Adobe Digital Editions 1.7.1079 (the latest version). After launching ineptkey.pyw (version 3) I get "key successfully retrieved" and the adeptkey.der file. I launch ineptpdf.pyw (version 2), I select my PDF and a name for the output file (test.pdf) and let it do its job. After a few moments I get my decrypted pdf. The problem is that it's broken. FoxIt Reader 1.3 complains that it "could not parse test.pdf". Adobe Reader 7 says that the file is damaged but is being repaired, then "the file is damaged and could not be repaired". When trying to open it with Digital Editions, I get only a blank page.

When opening the decrypted file with a text editor, it starts with "%PDF-1.5", it ends with "%%EOF", its structure seems fine - you can clearly see the tags. Something is wrong though, like the key might be wrong.

So, has Adobe already updated their system, or am I doing something wrong?

JohnB · 04-01-2009, 10:49 AM

I'm thinking Adobe has circumvented the circumvention - others are having similar issues.

RobbieClarken · 04-01-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnB

I'm thinking Adobe has circumvented the circumvention - others are having similar issues.

Interestingly they have also just disabled activation of Acrobat 6 and 7 which could also be used for DRM removal. Coincidence?

03-31-2009, 09:49 PM	#208
tjax Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	Hi guys, I'm new to the DRM ebooks and I've found you via Google. I've just purchased an Adobe PDF ebook from echapterone.com. The PDF starts with "%PDF-1.5". It opens fine in Adobe Digital Editions 1.7.1079 (the latest version). After launching ineptkey.pyw (version 3) I get "key successfully retrieved" and the adeptkey.der file. I launch ineptpdf.pyw (version 2), I select my PDF and a name for the output file (test.pdf) and let it do its job. After a few moments I get my decrypted pdf. The problem is that it's broken. FoxIt Reader 1.3 complains that it "could not parse test.pdf". Adobe Reader 7 says that the file is damaged but is being repaired, then "the file is damaged and could not be repaired". When trying to open it with Digital Editions, I get only a blank page. When opening the decrypted file with a text editor, it starts with "%PDF-1.5", it ends with "%%EOF", its structure seems fine - you can clearly see the tags. Something is wrong though, like the key might be wrong. So, has Adobe already updated their system, or am I doing something wrong? Last edited by tjax; 03-31-2009 at 09:51 PM.

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03-12-2009, 11:32 AM	#198
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Still, if nobody mentions it to the President, nothing definitely will happen.

03-13-2009, 06:14 PM	#204
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	Guess I'm too young to remember Fortran 55.

04-01-2009, 10:49 AM	#209
JohnB Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 18 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony PRS500, iPAQ 4700, Rocket Ebook, BlackBerry	I'm thinking Adobe has circumvented the circumvention - others are having similar issues.

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