As long as any video provider can sign up to the program without paying protection money (which, so far as I know, right now they can) I don't see the problem.

As long as any video provider can sign up to the program without paying protection money (which, so far as I know, right now they can) I don't see the problem. Sure, it gives Netflix an advantage, but only over providers that haven't bothered to sign up to the scheme for some reason.