The discussion about intellectual property doesn't begin with talking about money. It begins with the possibility of bioinformaticians benefiting from their thoughts, actions, and statements. This is so because professional authenticity comes at a cost in terms of money, effort, and health for both employer and employee. Therefore, the discussion starts with the potential for benefiting from the intellectual environment in personal life as well.
Europe has stricter intellectual property laws than Brazil. Being able to receive full credit for intellectual property is a personal and professional achievement. This is already a form of professional recognition in Europe. In Brazil, it's not culturally ingrained. What cannot happen is that professionals outside of Europe are devalued because of European protective legislation.
Due to legislation, or lack thereof, it's understandable that a European would not politically appoint a non-European to the cover of a European bioinformatics journal. The solution to avoid discrediting the work however is to protect the authorship of bioinformaticians at all costs. Protecting authorship can be done on platforms like biorxiv.org (the preprint server for Biology), Preprints.org (an open-access multidisciplinary preprint platform), among others. These platforms do not require article review, but they ensure authorship until the legal issue is resolved without interrupting the scientists.
Furthermore, a company monetizes scientific discoveries in various ways, while the scientist depends on the recognition that comes from publications. Therefore, it may be necessary to defend participation in academic work. Preprints.org can be used to defend authorship until a dispute is resolved.