Yes. Yes it does.
And we have been idiots not to use our technological advantage to develop alternative energy sources so as not to be at their mercy.
As for deBeers, except for industrial uses, diamonds are a luxury. People can live without them, if they want to, and then deBeers can eat its diamonds.
Yet, people selling what they own is not illegal, as long as they don't commit other crimes in pursuit of their profit. You may not like it, but they can do that.
I begin to see that you are angry that a legitimate business, Associated Press, has had the nerve to suggest that its property ought not to belong to the commons.
If you really thought that this was the last gasp of a dying medium, you wouldn't be so exercised about it. You think they might succeed.