[SATLUG] Trouble Opening PDF with DRM built-in

[CRivera]

Mike Ester wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:56:23 -0500
> CRivera <cerberus at thefueley.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to open a PDF for my Calculus class. This book has some sort
>> of password protection on it. I purchased this E-Book legally....for 90
>> bucks and I'm having trouble opening it. 
>>
> 
>>    2. Once the latest READER is installed, make sure to activate the
>> ADOBE DRM
>>       (Digital Rights Management). If you are unsure how to activate the
>> DRM,
>>       refer to the Troubleshooting page of the online HELP section.
> 
> Once again, DRM rears its ugly head. And this is for a school textbook. What a bunch of crap. I would be HOT if I spent $90 for a textbook and I had to "stand on my head" to use it. 
> 
> I would also be curious to see what the professor says. Unfortunately, there are still many people who have no idea what DRM is; much less the restrictive nature of it. 

Ugh,I got this book opened now, but I had to do it through XP.I threw XP
on my laptop, installed Adobe Reader, then tried to open the doc. I got
this error saying I didn't have rights to open it. When I downloaded the
PDF from Gentoo, I saved the ebx.etd file. This had some info in it
which authorized me to download and open the file. I opened that up in
XP and it downloaded the PDF again. Then I had to "Activate DRM" within
Adobe, and it installed .NET framework and I had to sign up for an
account, REBOOT and finally I was able to open the book. Wow, I've never
gone through so much for a book. I figured I'd buy this version since
the book is good for all three of my Calculus classes and the text
version would be $174. Plus class starts next week and it would take
forever to get it from Amazon. Wow, I won't be buying books like this
again. So, now I'm printing section by section of a 1330 page book so I
can put Gentoo or Ubuntu on the laptop. I also tried to export the file
to a PDF with no restrictions, and used FedEx-Kinkos Internet Printing
service, no dice. It just wouldn't work. So, I'm stuck with this section
by section printing. D'oh!

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Chris Rivera
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