Monopolies are made by government and they can easily be broken by them too

[grarpamp]

> NDAs

NDA's are civil contracts matters, unless as sometimes happens,
a signing party to them is a govt, then elements could be criminal
ie: "top secrets" (wherein free speech should morally apply
thus neutering even those cases back to a civil matter, but
they aren't because sheeple execute whatever govt says,
so some elements could be criminal).

Patent infringement usually isn't a crime itself.
Copyright and trademark / counterfeit can be.

All dependant on jurisdiction.

> Fundamentally, governments

are redundant, therefore a needless expense.