I read the article. I saw nothing about a lawsuit. I also read that the final paper wasn't published until very recently. Why should a research group be forced

I read the article. I saw nothing about a lawsuit. I also read that the final paper wasn't published until very recently. Why should a research group be forced to distribute raw data years before the paper is finished? In the US, for example, http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/IEEE/ieee36.htm http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/IEEE/ieee36.htm says "The term, Research Data, is defined as the recorded factual material commonly accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings. It does not include: preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific papers, ... " I know nothing about the Australian equivalent.