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DRM question

by Roaddog
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Good day all,

I have some pdf books that I bought years ago. Now they are locked because of drm. Somewhere along the line they have been encrypted, I assume by Adobe. I had these long before and paid for them, I might add, long before this started. I have read a little on the net by goo ogling, however the only responses I have read by Adobe responding to people, have been rude at best, ridiculous at worst. Such as Adobe is a free program basically live with it. Adobe reader may be "free" , but my Ebooks were not. I don't have unlimited time on the net.

I was wondering if someone else has experienced this and what I can do about it. I just want to be able to read what I PAID for. Maybe if someone can give me the quick version of how they are able to do this and what I can do about it.
I would appreciate it.

I am not a programmer and like I said have limited time to explore the answer.


Thank you in advance

Jim

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  • Profile picture of the author rwil02
    Hi Jim.

    Basically, you have some PDFs that have the open password set on them?
    So you can't read them. (as opposed to print, or modify)
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    • Profile picture of the author Roaddog
      rwil02 Thanks for answering
      Not exactly. Adobe Reader 9 say's I need the digital editions to open (several) books.
      Then when I download and install it say's

      Breaking_Through_the_BIOS_B.pdf:
      Adobe DRM Error
      System: 7
      State: 4
      Class: 15
      Code: 31
      Message: Error on response from server.
      Scroll below or view error.log for more details.
      Your Adobe software could not be activated.
      HTTP error on Adobe DRM Activator request.
      Adobe DRM Activator error.
      Client Code: 31 - HTTP Code: 555
      Fault location: 15
      --- end ---

      This is just one of the books it won't open anymore, never asks for a password, never gets that far... as I said I was opening these books as far back as adobe reader5. And I have tried deleting the newer versions of Reader and installing the older one...doesn't work.

      Thanks again

      Jim
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  • Profile picture of the author rwil02
    Unfortunately, I think you are basically stuck:

    Adobe Forums: PDF Import Error. Code 31. HTTP Code...

    DRM is designed to to be breakable.
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    • Profile picture of the author Roaddog
      I saw that forum, I was going to link to it in this thread if you needed more of an explanation. That really baffles me how they can do this. The books have basically nothing to do with them, (Adobe). If you read some more of the statements on that forum, you will see how difficult it is to deal with adobe about this issue. I have tried other readers (PDF), can't open anymore.

      Anyway I appreciate your time

      Thanks

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      • Profile picture of the author mojojuju
        These faulty anti-piracy measures are for the birds.

        I think the only way you'll get to access the books you own is if you 'pirate' them.

        The Breaking_Through_the_BIOS_B.pdf file that you mentioned above can be found on Google if it helps.

        Question: You've mentioned that you've tried other PDF readers. Have you only tried different versions of Adobe PDF readers, or other readers from vendors other than Adobe?

        When I initially read the thread, I thought this was a job for a PDF password cracker such as PDFCrack . I guess I don't understand the mechanism being used to protect your PDFs.
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        • Profile picture of the author Roaddog
          Originally Posted by mojojuju View Post

          These faulty anti-piracy measures are for the birds.

          I think the only way you'll get to access the books you own is if you 'pirate' them.

          The Breaking_Through_the_BIOS_B.pdf file that you mentioned above can be found on Google if it helps.

          Question: You've mentioned that you've tried other PDF readers. Have you only tried different versions of Adobe PDF readers, or other readers from vendors other than Adobe?

          When I initially read the thread, I thought this was a job for a PDF password cracker such as PDFCrack . I guess I don't understand the mechanism being used to protect your PDFs.
          mojojuju (cool name) to answer your question, yes i have tried other brands of pdf readers, Still won't open. If it was just one book, I could deal with it, but it is several.

          "I think the only way you'll get to access the books you own is if you 'pirate' them"

          Cryin shame isn't it, I have thought about that. The irony is not lost on me... these big companies try to stop piracy and instead turn me, (who has paid for ALL my books), into Robin Cyberhood.
          I am not alone by far. The link that rwil02 has in his reply shows there are many others and the dates on their complaints seem to go back pretty far. Strange deal.

          Thanks for responding

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