Almost all creativity -- regardless of its source -- is garbage[0]. This sort of creativity that you don't like -- Winnie the Pooh horror and porn -- is prominent because the media has seized upon it. And the reason they've done that is precisely because of how unusual it is for big media properties to have their copyrights expire.
I just don't see the problem here. If you don't want to read Winnie the Pooh horror stories, then don't read them.
[0] Someone else here mentioned Sturgeon's Law, "90% of everything is crap", and I think that applies quite well here.
Almost all creativity -- regardless of its source -- is garbage[0]. This sort of creativity that you don't like -- Winnie the Pooh horror and porn -- is prominent because the media has seized upon it. And the reason they've done that is precisely because of how unusual it is for big media properties to have their copyrights expire.
I just don't see the problem here. If you don't want to read Winnie the Pooh horror stories, then don't read them.
[0] Someone else here mentioned Sturgeon's Law, "90% of everything is crap", and I think that applies quite well here.