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by 4ggr0 804 days ago
Last week I bought my first eReader.

Bought a book which had Adobe DRM. Had to download Adobe Digital Editions, to activate the book/ACSM-file.

The activation failed. Tried it multiple times on different systems.

My eReader is now filled with books downloaded from semi-shady places, but free. Fuck DRM.
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unhammer 804 days ago
Is it possible to use this libgourou to fix this situation? So that it's possible to both pay for books and read them without wasting hours? I didn't quite understand from the readme if this is specific to library things. So far all solutions i've seen are either

1. Pay and not be able to read (on device of my choosing)

2. Not pay and be able to read wherever

3. Pay and spend hours fiddling with weird windows-only software and forget why i wanted the book in the first place

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freedomben 804 days ago
Unfortunately I think buying DRM-ed books just perpetuates the shitty system. All they see are sales, and that DRM isn't affecting them. They have no idea (by it's nature) how many people are stripping that DRM.

IMHO you either need to buy it from a reputable (i.e. DRM-free) seller, or don't buy it at all. Otherwise you're voting with your money for DRM.

If you're an author, you can sell your books through Kindle or whatever, but also list them with an ethical seller that doesn't DRM them! Trust me, your book is going to pirated exactly the same amount regardless whether it has DRM or not. You are just hurting legitimate people who want to pay for your stuff (and losing sales from people like me in the process).

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4ggr0 804 days ago
I want to try it today, with the book I initially bought. Since buying it I've downloaded it from a different place, and even if Libgourou works, will probably not go back to buying DRMed books.

Not that used to compiling stuff myself, wasn't able to get Libgourou working yesterday, but I'll try today :)

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4ggr0 803 days ago
EDIT FROM MYSELF: I think the .acsm which the shop gave me is broken. There are some sample .acsm's from Adobe which I've tested, and they work. But not the book I actually bought.

I gave DRM a chance. And similar to movies and shows, torrenting or other means seem way more usable. Time for the pirate hat, arrrrr.

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