>>Data works the way we make it work
Who are "we" in this statement ? If you mean the distributors of the data, then you are wrong - just because you give some piece of data/information to another man, does not give you a right to force him to do anything with it. The receiver still has the free choice to do anything he pleases. Of course, you may ask politely, and make certain actions more probable, and most people will respect your wishes. But if you do not want people to do stuff with your data, just do not make it public ... it is that simple.
>>We should not let technology dictate to us if content creators should be compensated or not.
Technology shapes the enviroment in which we thrive. Every law, including copyright law, should be adapted to it in time, or else it will cause much suffering, and then there will be rebellions against it, forcing the lawmakers to adapt the law to the new realities. Content creators will do well to think about sources of compensation, which benefit from the easier/instant copying and computation possible now.
>>We should not let technology dictate to us if content creators should be compensated or not. Technology shapes the enviroment in which we thrive. Every law, including copyright law, should be adapted to it in time, or else it will cause much suffering, and then there will be rebellions against it, forcing the lawmakers to adapt the law to the new realities. Content creators will do well to think about sources of compensation, which benefit from the easier/instant copying and computation possible now.