I tend to agree with you, but there are a lot of academics currently pushing variations of the concept articulated in the linked article. The has been a decent

I tend to agree with you, but there are a lot of academics currently pushing variations of the concept articulated in the linked article. The has been a decent amount of advocacy for IP rights for various forms "indigenous traditional knowledge" bubbling around academia and WIPO for years. Article 31 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) basically expanded the scope of that IP debate beyond "traditional knowledge" to new stuff created by indigenous peoples. New Zealand is currently pushing this area the hardest, but eventually most countries that ratify UNDRIP will end up with at least proposals in this area. The stomach in academia and some policy circles for pushing this stuff right now is pretty strong.