Today, May 3rd 2013, is the international day against Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). Usually, the term DRM refers to various restrictions that companies – or any other content provider – impose on digital media and data. These restrictions are there to let providers decide what you can do with your media and data and what not. This blog entry sheds light on a related issue: the loss of digital and physical control of your own device.

Este viernes, 3 de mayo de 2013, la FSFE se une la 8ª campaña del "día internacional contra el DRM" en una llamada para terminar con la Gestión digital de restricciones (DRM). La lucha contra el DRM ha tenido impulso en las pasadas semanas. Los activistas por la libertad han conseguido apoyos contra el DRM en HTML5, haciendo hincapié en los efectos dañinos de esta tecnología y en la libertad de los usuarios. En el día de hoy contra el DRM, nuestra organización hermana la Free Software Foundation entregará al World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) en Boston las firmas recogidas oponiéndose al DRM en HTML5.

On April 27, the administrative court of Almada, Portugal, declared a 550, 000 Euro contract between Microsoft and the municipality of Almada to be illegal. The technical specifications of the competition launched by the municipality prevented any company other than Microsoft and their partners to submit a proposal.

Join us in calling on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and its member organisations to reject the Encrypted Media Extensions proposal (EME). This proposal aims at incorporating support for Digital Restriction Management (DRM) into HTML and would therefore exclude Free Software browsers from being compatible with many web pages.

A group of Free Software activists from Romania and Moldova has joined FSFE's program of associate organisations. Active since 2008, Ceata incorporated as a foundation in February 2013. Fundația Ceata and FSFE will work together to promote software freedom in Romania and throughout Europe.