It's for your own good

From a recent article

Japan's Sony Corp and Panasonic-brand owner Matsushita Electric Industrial,
South Korea's Samsung Electronics and Dutch Philips Electronics formed the
alliance because they want buyers of their products to watch or listen to
"appropriately licensed video and music on any device, independent of how they
originally obtained that content," they said in a joint statement.

I think the longer they fight among themselves the better it is in terms of right. While this appears to be good for consumers in terms of compatibility, it is really about compatibility of restricted access.