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	Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251112084413/https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|archive-date=12 Nov 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.		Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251112084413/https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|archive-date=12 Nov 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.

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	If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250612001054/https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|archive-date=12 Jun 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.		If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250612001054/https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|archive-date=12 Jun 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.

	In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~cbuNx~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan~~ 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.		In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222203055/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.

	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
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	In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251010154102/https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|archive-date=10 Oct 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194122/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />		In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251010154102/https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|archive-date=10 Oct 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194122/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />

	An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~NHxJp~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan~~ 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>		An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222203220/https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|archive-date=22 Feb 2026\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~u0VWd~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.		Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251112084413/https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|archive-date=12 Nov 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	*Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) - "Adobe Digital Editions is a free, lightweight desktop reading application for PC and Mac that allows eBook consumers to easily download and organize their eBooks easily. Consumers can read their eBooks online and offline, transfer copy-protected eBooks from their personal computers to other devices, organize eBooks into a custom library, and annotate page".<ref name=":0" />		*Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) - "Adobe Digital Editions is a free, lightweight desktop reading application for PC and Mac that allows eBook consumers to easily download and organize their eBooks easily. Consumers can read their eBooks online and offline, transfer copy-protected eBooks from their personal computers to other devices, organize eBooks into a custom library, and annotate page".<ref name=":0" />

	All these solutions come together to give publishers control over their ebook content. The main product discussed on this page is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). ADE allows for the following benefits:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Optimize your reading experience with the best eBook reader across formats. \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~GVpVP~~ \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>		All these solutions come together to give publishers control over their ebook content. The main product discussed on this page is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). ADE allows for the following benefits:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Optimize your reading experience with the best eBook reader across formats. \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260118163309/https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html \|archive-date=18 Jan 2026\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>

	*Download and transfer of books between devices		*Download and transfer of books between devices
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	ADE also has system requirements, as it is an application running on your system:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=System requirements \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/tech-specs.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~4UDbM~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>		ADE also has system requirements, as it is an application running on your system:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=System requirements \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/tech-specs.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251016100218/https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/tech-specs.html \|archive-date=16 Oct 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>

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	==Adobe Digital Edition's Consumer Effects==		==Adobe Digital Edition's Consumer Effects==
	With the release of the platform and specifically the Adobe Digital Edition application, consumers have been restricted on what they are allowed to do with ebooks that they have purchased. Although unlimited downloads are mentioned by publishers and ebook sites, those are tied to an account.<ref name=":1" /> This means that if access to an account is lost, then the access to those ebooks is lost as well. eBooks.com is one of the various e-bookstores that sells both non-DRM and DRM books leveraging ADE. When purchasing an ebook from them, you get a .acsm file. This format only works with the Adobe Digital Editions application. The user needs to create an Adobe account (after already creating an ebooks.com account) in order to add the book to their account. ADE (pertaining to purchases from ebooks.com) allows for authorization of up to 10 devices with a single Adobe ID, but only one computer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Turvey \|first=Alex \|title=What is DRM? (DRM FAQs) \|url=https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000726656-What-is-DRM-DRM-FAQs \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~cEs8C~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> The end user would not be able to read a book on a home computer and then later on a laptop simultaneously due to this limitation. Barnes and Noble uses ADE as well for their ebooks, with their limitations being a bit different in comparison to ebooks.com's. They have 4 versions of DRM types they leverage for the books sold on their site:<ref name=":1" />		With the release of the platform and specifically the Adobe Digital Edition application, consumers have been restricted on what they are allowed to do with ebooks that they have purchased. Although unlimited downloads are mentioned by publishers and ebook sites, those are tied to an account.<ref name=":1" /> This means that if access to an account is lost, then the access to those ebooks is lost as well. eBooks.com is one of the various e-bookstores that sells both non-DRM and DRM books leveraging ADE. When purchasing an ebook from them, you get a .acsm file. This format only works with the Adobe Digital Editions application. The user needs to create an Adobe account (after already creating an ebooks.com account) in order to add the book to their account. ADE (pertaining to purchases from ebooks.com) allows for authorization of up to 10 devices with a single Adobe ID, but only one computer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Turvey \|first=Alex \|title=What is DRM? (DRM FAQs) \|url=https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000726656-What-is-DRM-DRM-FAQs \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251119124351/https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000726656-What-is-DRM-DRM-FAQs \|archive-date=19 Nov 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> The end user would not be able to read a book on a home computer and then later on a laptop simultaneously due to this limitation. Barnes and Noble uses ADE as well for their ebooks, with their limitations being a bit different in comparison to ebooks.com's. They have 4 versions of DRM types they leverage for the books sold on their site:<ref name=":1" />

	#Consumer DRM (eBook)		#Consumer DRM (eBook)
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	With ADE, a consumer will always need to download the application to access books that they have purchased. This is under the assumption that the user is able to have the technical know-how to do all the ADE overhead in order to finally read the book they have purchased. In addition, individuals who do not have access to the most modern technology, thus not being able to download ADE on their system, are also then prevented from reading ebooks they have purchased.		With ADE, a consumer will always need to download the application to access books that they have purchased. This is under the assumption that the user is able to have the technical know-how to do all the ADE overhead in order to finally read the book they have purchased. In addition, individuals who do not have access to the most modern technology, thus not being able to download ADE on their system, are also then prevented from reading ebooks they have purchased.

	If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~GTEsJ~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.		If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250612001054/https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|archive-date=12 Jun 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.

	In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cbuNx \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.		In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cbuNx \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.

	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	On Reddit, consumers are constantly inquiring about steps to remove the Adobe DRM, as it is obstructing the end-users method of being able to comfortably read the ebooks they have purchased.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Adobe Digital Editions & DRM \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xvct89/adobe_digital_editions_drm/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~LWIft~~ \|archive-date=5 ~~Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>		On Reddit, consumers are constantly inquiring about steps to remove the Adobe DRM, as it is obstructing the end-users method of being able to comfortably read the ebooks they have purchased.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Adobe Digital Editions & DRM \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xvct89/adobe_digital_editions_drm/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221005145404/https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xvct89/adobe_digital_editions_drm/ \|archive-date=5 Oct 2022\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

	==Adobe Ebook DRM Removal==		==Adobe Ebook DRM Removal==
	In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~CovSv~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~0nI8s~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Jan 2026~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />		In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251010154102/https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|archive-date=10 Oct 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708194122/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|archive-date=8 Jul 2025\|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />

	An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/NHxJp \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>		An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/NHxJp \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>

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	==Background==		==Background==
	'''[[Adobe]] eBook Platform''' is a platform for publishers to leverage when selling ebooks. This includes the following software suite: Adobe InDesign® CC software, Adobe Content Server software, the Adobe Reader® Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK), and Adobe Digital Editions.<ref name=":0">[https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/us/en/solutions/ebook/adobe_ebook_platform_whitepaper.pdf Adobe® eBook Platform: Authoring and delivering eBooks across devices]</ref> A summary of each of the software is outlined below at a high level (mostly extracted from the Adobe white paper on the platform):		'''[[Adobe]] eBook Platform''' is a platform for publishers to leverage when selling ebooks. This includes the following software suite: Adobe InDesign® CC software, Adobe Content Server software, the Adobe Reader® Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK), and Adobe Digital Editions.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/us/en/solutions/ebook/adobe_ebook_platform_whitepaper.pdf \|title=Adobe® eBook Platform: Authoring and delivering eBooks across devices \|website=Adobe \|year=2014 \|access-date=6 Feb 2026 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260206103948/https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/cc/us/en/solutions/ebook/adobe_ebook_platform_whitepaper.pdf \|archive-date=6 Feb 2026}}</ref> A summary of each of the software is outlined below at a high level (mostly extracted from the Adobe white paper on the platform):

	*Adobe Content Server - "Adobe Content Server allows publishers, retailers, distributors, and libraries to host and manage eBook distribution. This server software encrypts PDF and EPUB eBook files and allows publishers and retailers to manage the rights on the eBook files they distribute.<ref name=":0" />"		*Adobe Content Server - "Adobe Content Server allows publishers, retailers, distributors, and libraries to host and manage eBook distribution. This server software encrypts PDF and EPUB eBook files and allows publishers and retailers to manage the rights on the eBook files they distribute.<ref name=":0" />"

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	Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/u0VWd \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.		Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/u0VWd \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.

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	Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/u0VWd \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.		Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/u0VWd \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.

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	Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/u0VWd \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.		Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/u0VWd \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	*Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) - "Adobe Digital Editions is a free, lightweight desktop reading application for PC and Mac that allows eBook consumers to easily download and organize their eBooks easily. Consumers can read their eBooks online and offline, transfer copy-protected eBooks from their personal computers to other devices, organize eBooks into a custom library, and annotate page".<ref name=":0" />		*Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) - "Adobe Digital Editions is a free, lightweight desktop reading application for PC and Mac that allows eBook consumers to easily download and organize their eBooks easily. Consumers can read their eBooks online and offline, transfer copy-protected eBooks from their personal computers to other devices, organize eBooks into a custom library, and annotate page".<ref name=":0" />

	All these solutions come together to give publishers control over their ebook content. The main product discussed on this page is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). ADE allows for the following benefits:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Optimize your reading experience with the best eBook reader across formats. \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GVpVP \|archive-date=2026~~-01-05~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>		All these solutions come together to give publishers control over their ebook content. The main product discussed on this page is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). ADE allows for the following benefits:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Optimize your reading experience with the best eBook reader across formats. \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GVpVP \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>

	*Download and transfer of books between devices		*Download and transfer of books between devices
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	ADE also has system requirements, as it is an application running on your system:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=System requirements \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/tech-specs.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/4UDbM \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>		ADE also has system requirements, as it is an application running on your system:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=System requirements \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/tech-specs.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/4UDbM \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>

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	==Adobe Digital Edition's Consumer Effects==		==Adobe Digital Edition's Consumer Effects==
	With the release of the platform and specifically the Adobe Digital Edition application, consumers have been restricted on what they are allowed to do with ebooks that they have purchased. Although unlimited downloads are mentioned by publishers and ebook sites, those are tied to an account.<ref name=":1" /> This means that if access to an account is lost, then the access to those ebooks is lost as well. eBooks.com is one of the various e-bookstores that sells both non-DRM and DRM books leveraging ADE. When purchasing an ebook from them, you get a .acsm file. This format only works with the Adobe Digital Editions application. The user needs to create an Adobe account (after already creating an ebooks.com account) in order to add the book to their account. ADE (pertaining to purchases from ebooks.com) allows for authorization of up to 10 devices with a single Adobe ID, but only one computer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Turvey \|first=Alex \|title=What is DRM? (DRM FAQs) \|url=https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000726656-What-is-DRM-DRM-FAQs \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cEs8C \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> The end user would not be able to read a book on a home computer and then later on a laptop simultaneously due to this limitation. Barnes and Noble uses ADE as well for their ebooks, with their limitations being a bit different in comparison to ebooks.com's. They have 4 versions of DRM types they leverage for the books sold on their site:<ref name=":1" />		With the release of the platform and specifically the Adobe Digital Edition application, consumers have been restricted on what they are allowed to do with ebooks that they have purchased. Although unlimited downloads are mentioned by publishers and ebook sites, those are tied to an account.<ref name=":1" /> This means that if access to an account is lost, then the access to those ebooks is lost as well. eBooks.com is one of the various e-bookstores that sells both non-DRM and DRM books leveraging ADE. When purchasing an ebook from them, you get a .acsm file. This format only works with the Adobe Digital Editions application. The user needs to create an Adobe account (after already creating an ebooks.com account) in order to add the book to their account. ADE (pertaining to purchases from ebooks.com) allows for authorization of up to 10 devices with a single Adobe ID, but only one computer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Turvey \|first=Alex \|title=What is DRM? (DRM FAQs) \|url=https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000726656-What-is-DRM-DRM-FAQs \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cEs8C \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> The end user would not be able to read a book on a home computer and then later on a laptop simultaneously due to this limitation. Barnes and Noble uses ADE as well for their ebooks, with their limitations being a bit different in comparison to ebooks.com's. They have 4 versions of DRM types they leverage for the books sold on their site:<ref name=":1" />

	#Consumer DRM (eBook)		#Consumer DRM (eBook)
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	With ADE, a consumer will always need to download the application to access books that they have purchased. This is under the assumption that the user is able to have the technical know-how to do all the ADE overhead in order to finally read the book they have purchased. In addition, individuals who do not have access to the most modern technology, thus not being able to download ADE on their system, are also then prevented from reading ebooks they have purchased.		With ADE, a consumer will always need to download the application to access books that they have purchased. This is under the assumption that the user is able to have the technical know-how to do all the ADE overhead in order to finally read the book they have purchased. In addition, individuals who do not have access to the most modern technology, thus not being able to download ADE on their system, are also then prevented from reading ebooks they have purchased.

	If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GTEsJ \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.		If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GTEsJ \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.

	In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cbuNx \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.		In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cbuNx \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.

	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	On Reddit, consumers are constantly inquiring about steps to remove the Adobe DRM, as it is obstructing the end-users method of being able to comfortably read the ebooks they have purchased.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Adobe Digital Editions & DRM \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xvct89/adobe_digital_editions_drm/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/LWIft \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>		On Reddit, consumers are constantly inquiring about steps to remove the Adobe DRM, as it is obstructing the end-users method of being able to comfortably read the ebooks they have purchased.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Adobe Digital Editions & DRM \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xvct89/adobe_digital_editions_drm/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/LWIft \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

	==Adobe Ebook DRM Removal==		==Adobe Ebook DRM Removal==
	In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/CovSv \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/0nI8s \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />		In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/CovSv \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/0nI8s \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />

	An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/NHxJp \|archive-date=2026~~-01-04~~ \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>		An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/NHxJp \|archive-date=5 Jan 2026 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.		Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of [[Digital rights management\|digital-rights management]] (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and publishers are fairly compensated".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|title=DRM for NOOK Content \|url=https://help.barnesandnoble.com/hc/en-us/articles/5445106302107-DRM-for-NOOK-Content \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/u0VWd \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> However, the end user who purchases the content legally ends up being restricted in what they are able to do with the ebook once they have purchased it. One of Adobe's version of this DRM is called "Adobe Digital Editions" which is the client the user uses to read their ebooks.

	==Background==		==Background==
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	*Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) - "Adobe Digital Editions is a free, lightweight desktop reading application for PC and Mac that allows eBook consumers to easily download and organize their eBooks easily. Consumers can read their eBooks online and offline, transfer copy-protected eBooks from their personal computers to other devices, organize eBooks into a custom library, and annotate page".<ref name=":0" />		*Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) - "Adobe Digital Editions is a free, lightweight desktop reading application for PC and Mac that allows eBook consumers to easily download and organize their eBooks easily. Consumers can read their eBooks online and offline, transfer copy-protected eBooks from their personal computers to other devices, organize eBooks into a custom library, and annotate page".<ref name=":0" />

	All these solutions come together to give publishers control over their ebook content. The main product discussed on this page is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). ADE allows for the following benefits:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Optimize your reading experience with the best eBook reader across formats. \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>		All these solutions come together to give publishers control over their ebook content. The main product discussed on this page is Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). ADE allows for the following benefits:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Optimize your reading experience with the best eBook reader across formats. \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GVpVP \|archive-date=2026-01-05 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>

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	ADE also has system requirements, as it is an application running on your system:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=System requirements \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/tech-specs.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>		ADE also has system requirements, as it is an application running on your system:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=System requirements \|url=https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/tech-specs.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/4UDbM \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Adobe]]}}</ref>

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	==Adobe Digital Edition's Consumer Effects==		==Adobe Digital Edition's Consumer Effects==
	With the release of the platform and specifically the Adobe Digital Edition application, consumers have been restricted on what they are allowed to do with ebooks that they have purchased. Although unlimited downloads are mentioned by publishers and ebook sites, those are tied to an account.<ref name=":1" /> This means that if access to an account is lost, then the access to those ebooks is lost as well. eBooks.com is one of the various e-bookstores that sells both non-DRM and DRM books leveraging ADE. When purchasing an ebook from them, you get a .acsm file. This format only works with the Adobe Digital Editions application. The user needs to create an Adobe account (after already creating an ebooks.com account) in order to add the book to their account. ADE (pertaining to purchases from ebooks.com) allows for authorization of up to 10 devices with a single Adobe ID, but only one computer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Turvey \|first=Alex \|title=What is DRM? (DRM FAQs) \|url=https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000726656-What-is-DRM-DRM-FAQs \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> The end user would not be able to read a book on a home computer and then later on a laptop simultaneously due to this limitation. Barnes and Noble uses ADE as well for their ebooks, with their limitations being a bit different in comparison to ebooks.com's. They have 4 versions of DRM types they leverage for the books sold on their site:<ref name=":1" />		With the release of the platform and specifically the Adobe Digital Edition application, consumers have been restricted on what they are allowed to do with ebooks that they have purchased. Although unlimited downloads are mentioned by publishers and ebook sites, those are tied to an account.<ref name=":1" /> This means that if access to an account is lost, then the access to those ebooks is lost as well. eBooks.com is one of the various e-bookstores that sells both non-DRM and DRM books leveraging ADE. When purchasing an ebook from them, you get a .acsm file. This format only works with the Adobe Digital Editions application. The user needs to create an Adobe account (after already creating an ebooks.com account) in order to add the book to their account. ADE (pertaining to purchases from ebooks.com) allows for authorization of up to 10 devices with a single Adobe ID, but only one computer.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Turvey \|first=Alex \|title=What is DRM? (DRM FAQs) \|url=https://support.ebooks.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000726656-What-is-DRM-DRM-FAQs \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cEs8C \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> The end user would not be able to read a book on a home computer and then later on a laptop simultaneously due to this limitation. Barnes and Noble uses ADE as well for their ebooks, with their limitations being a bit different in comparison to ebooks.com's. They have 4 versions of DRM types they leverage for the books sold on their site:<ref name=":1" />

	#Consumer DRM (eBook)		#Consumer DRM (eBook)
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	With ADE, a consumer will always need to download the application to access books that they have purchased. This is under the assumption that the user is able to have the technical know-how to do all the ADE overhead in order to finally read the book they have purchased. In addition, individuals who do not have access to the most modern technology, thus not being able to download ADE on their system, are also then prevented from reading ebooks they have purchased.		With ADE, a consumer will always need to download the application to access books that they have purchased. This is under the assumption that the user is able to have the technical know-how to do all the ADE overhead in order to finally read the book they have purchased. In addition, individuals who do not have access to the most modern technology, thus not being able to download ADE on their system, are also then prevented from reading ebooks they have purchased.

	If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.		If a user were to be able to remove DRM from a ebook purchased from an e-bookstore leveraging ADE, they would then be breaching the compliance with an end-user license agreement or a customer license. On ebook.com's customer license page, they mention the following: "You promise to keep any eBook in the form in which it was supplied to you. We may include other information (including information identifying the author, the copyright owner, or the terms upon which the eBook is supplied) to any eBook supplied to you. You promise not to circumvent any measures that we have taken to protect the rights in the eBook that we have supplied, including removing this information or otherwise facilitating an infringement of copyright".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Customer License \|url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/information/customerlicense/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/GTEsJ \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=eBooks.com}}</ref> Although no lawsuits have been found being documented (as of writing this article), the door for this kind of consumer abuse is still present.

	In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.		In 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had published an article regarding how Adobe Digital Edition was tracking its end users by logging what the end-user reads and what happens to those files.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=McSherry \|first=Corynne \|date=7 Oct 2014 \|title=Adobe Spyware Reveals (Again) the Price of DRM: Your Privacy and Security \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/adobe-spyware-reveals-again-price-drm-your-privacy-and-security \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/cbuNx \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> This data was also being sent in plain-text undermining the privacy of the users.

	==Consumer response==		==Consumer response==
	On Reddit, consumers are constantly inquiring about steps to remove the Adobe DRM, as it is obstructing the end-users method of being able to comfortably read the ebooks they have purchased.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Adobe Digital Editions & DRM \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xvct89/adobe_digital_editions_drm/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>		On Reddit, consumers are constantly inquiring about steps to remove the Adobe DRM, as it is obstructing the end-users method of being able to comfortably read the ebooks they have purchased.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Adobe Digital Editions & DRM \|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xvct89/adobe_digital_editions_drm/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/LWIft \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

	==Adobe Ebook DRM Removal==		==Adobe Ebook DRM Removal==
	In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />		In the Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc ruling on an ebookstore notifying users of how to remove ebook DRM, a judge has ruled that telling users to remove DRM from books they have legally purchased is "not contributory copyright infringement".<ref>{{Cite web \|date=21 Nov 2014 \|title=Abbey House Media v. Apple Inc \|url=https://www.eff.org/document/abbey-house-media-v-apple-inc \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/CovSv \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|last=Higgins \|first=Parker \|date=10 Dec 2014 \|title=Pointing Users to DRM-Stripping Software Isn't Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules \|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/12/pointing-users-drm-stripping-software-isnt-copyright-infringement-judge-rules?language=en \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/0nI8s \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=EFF}}</ref> The summary of this case being that the removal of DRM protection on books in non-infringing cases of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) does not necessarily lead to the piracy of digital books.<ref name=":3" />

	An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>		An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/NHxJp \|archive-date=2026-01-04 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>		An online persona known as ApprenticeAlf, has also gone ahead to create a tool to remove DRM as well from multiple forms of ebook DRM, not only Adobe's.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=10 Sep 2012 \|title=DRM Removal Tools for eBooks \|url=https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Apprentice Alf's Blog}}</ref>

	There's also an external guide on removing Adobe ebook DRM on a Debian-based system, and serves as a complete walk-through to set up a system to remove the Adobe ebook DRM leveraging multiple publicly available tools.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Qazi \|first=Haris \|title=Adobe DRM Removal (Linux) \|url=https://www.harisqazi.com/configurations/digital-books/#adobe-drm-removal-linux \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209023155/https://www.harisqazi.com/configurations/digital-books/#adobe-drm-removal-linux \|archive-date=9 Feb 2025 \|access-date=29 Mar 2025 \|website=Haris Qazi Blog}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==