Exactly. Even in the movie Aragorn says, "The Ring answers to Sauron alone, it has no other master." And thus, since Frodo, Sam or Gollum aren't the Ring's masters, it has power over them, as Tom Bombadil says.
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Even as they spoke there came a blare of trumpets. Then there was a crash and a flash of flame and smoke. The waters of the Deeping-stream poured out hissing and foaming: they were choked no longer, a gaping hole was blasted in the wall. A host of dark shapes poured in. "Devilry of Saruman!" cried Aragorn. -Helm's Deep.
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