There's an exchange of value - the organization that can use your data provides some value to you which is why use use it instead of just doing things on your o

There's an exchange of value - the organization that can use your data provides some value to you which is why use use it instead of just doing things on your own. You can actually just do things on your own and keep all the IP for yourself, even academic research in many low-capital-intensive fields - as long as you're actually doing it for the science and not for stupid credentials or stupid zero-sum career progression like most academics seem to. I've often used university research commercially. I just read a published paper and apply it to my business. No permission, no payment, it's just wide open free for anyone.