Problem opening DRM books on Kobo touch

[JSWolf]

It sounds like the Kobo and ADE are activated with two different accounts.

[polarbearjd]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Found it.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to give the info I wanted. I can tell it's Content Server 4 (4.1.2 in fact) so it might have the new DRM enabled, but I can't tell if it has. Sorry.

[EDIT]
No! It's ACS 4.2 that has support for the new DRM. 4.1.2 can't handle the new DRM scheme, so that's not your problem.


I can't think of any reason why (if you had authorised your ADE with your Adobe ID before opening the .acsm file) that you cannot now open it in ADE 1.7.2 with the same Adobe ID.

pdurrant, I'm sorry. I think I didn't understand your instructions the first time.
This time, I deauthorized ADE 1.7.2 and authorized it again with my Adobe ID before downloading the acsm file.
Then I uploaded it onto my Kobo. I can open the book on it now.

Thank you for your help and for your patience.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by polarbearjd

Then I uploaded it onto my Kobo. I can open the book on it now.

Hooray! A good result.

Goodness, isn't DRM a pain? If you buy any DRMed ebooks, do visit Apprentice Alf's blog. But for library books you just have to suffer.

[KathyJM]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Here's some info from a Kobo employee that might help:

I have this problem too, but it is since i updated to ADE version 4.0.3.

What now? Can I revert to an older version?

[brianca]

I had a similar problem opening Adobe DRM'ed books when I first got my H20. I can't remember if this was the exact error, but I found the below link and installed ADE 3.0 instead, and everything's been working fine since then:

https://www.kobo.com/help/en-US/arti...cts=Kobo%20Glo

[KathyJM]

Originally Posted by KathyJM

I have this problem too, but it is since i updated to ADE version 4.0.3.

What now? Can I revert to an older version?

I downloaded ADE version 3 and can now read all my existing books. However, when I tried to download a new book I got the error message "Error! Check Activation". My PC is authorised. What now???

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by KathyJM

I downloaded ADE version 3 and can now read all my existing books. However, when I tried to download a new book I got the error message "Error! Check Activation". My PC is authorised. What now???

Personally, I just strip the DRM and never have to worry about activation again.

[PeterT]

Where is the error message? On the PC or the Kobo?

If on the Kobo what version of ADE did you use to authorize the Kobo?

[KathyJM]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Where is the error message? On the PC or the Kobo?

If on the Kobo what version of ADE did you use to authorize the Kobo?

On the PC

[KathyJM]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Personally, I just strip the DRM and never have to worry about activation again.

"Personally" I don't break the law.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by KathyJM

"Personally" I don't break the law.

If you live in the US, you might not be breaking the law. It's a gray area. The problem is it's unclear if Fair Use (DRM stripping for personal use) is trumped by DMCA or not. Also, the DMCA has exceptions to removing the DRM so that could make it legal.

Another issue that muddies the waters is the face that both John Scalzi and Tor authorized the use of the DRM removal tools on the eBook Redshirts that was written by John Scalzi. It is the first eBook released by Tor that had no DRM but some of the eBook shops (including Amazon) botched that and it was sold with DRM. So on John's blog, he and Tor both authorized the use of the DRM removal tools and a link was posted as to where to get the DRM removal tools. This means that it was authorized by the rights holder to acquire and use the DRM removal tools. So having and using the tools was not illegal. This again makes the issue of DRM removal very unclear.

So please don't say removing DRM is illegal when it very well might not be. It's OK to say you don't remove DRM because it might be illegal. But to outright say you don't remove DRM because it's illegal is wrong since no ruling in a court of law has said for sure the legal status of removing DRM.

[PeterT]

See if https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1616227 helps

[KathyJM]

Originally Posted by PeterT

See if https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1616227 helps

The answer was to de-authorize the computer (by opening ADE, clicking Help and then Ctrl-Shift-D). Then re-authorise the PC and it now works.

Typical of Adobe that you have to know the keyboard shortcuts ...

Thank you very much, PeterT