The title of this story alone is problematic, not just its contents, because its a sign of how wrong the conventional wisdom is on this. It accuses scientists of breaking the law with secret code-words.

A more accurate title would have been: "Scientists forced to break the law to access the research they need in order to advance scientific knowledge."

A more provocative but still accurate title would have been: "Scientific progress impeded by corporations extracting economic rents from scientists and taxpayers, to the detriment of humankind."

Because that is what is happening.