It may depend on which company is wielding the technology.

The companies, now in such shoddy shape, can wield the powerful cudgel of bankruptcy law.

The company owned most of the state's daily newspapers until 1959 and wielded tremendous influence among elected officials.

The non-Bell companies typically are smaller, serve customers that are geographically dispersed and wield no comparable market power.

Disney has expressed fears that the new company will wield too much control over access to both the Internet and cable distribution.

It's not only in rural areas that these companies wield influence.

Also at issue is whether the companies would wield too much control over television advertisers.

The new combined company would wield tremendous clout.

In the State Legislature, the company wielded almost unbeatable power.

When companies wield IP law in order to reduce and worsen the options available to consumers, then there is something seriously wrong.