Which is what happens when a government sails in and starts granting monopolies.
Copyright is an artificial monopoly. Patents are artificial monopolies. There are a bunch of weird people out there who call themselves "libertarians", but somehow favor the government creating such restrictions on people's liberty. They're confused and should be ignored.
Trade secrets are perhaps slightly less artificial, but they are clearly destructive in an enormous number of ways.
If, as lawgiver, one were to totally eliminate all imaginary property and outlaw commercial secrets, one could arrange a society where a lot of people could make a very nice living. It might be harder to become a tycoon. Which would be all to the good.