Those are exactly the types of questions that I think we have outdated laws regarding. Outdated laws and outdated economic theory embedded in them. There is on

Those are exactly the types of questions that I think we have outdated laws regarding. Outdated laws and outdated economic theory embedded in them. There is only so far that you can extend a railroads, mining and foundries analogy. I'm sure we could have lively back-and-forth about the impact of these monopolies, but the only legal and legislatively pertinent parts of that discussion are those that can be massaged into an analogy to the late industrial examples that the current legal framework (including, legislation, legal precedents and regulatory bodies) was designed around.