The only downside is that people without any creativity are just going to take the mouse and make him evil, which in turn proves to companies that having a death grip on the public domain is the only way for characters to be innocent.

Don't take this as me hating public domain. I don't, it's absolutely necessary and should be rewritten to be more open for creators instead of corporations. I just hate the lazy and creativity bankrupt who ruin it for everyone else.

Why would you say that? They didn’t do that with Winnie-the-P— Oh…right.