Statues in the public domain may be photographed freely.
Statues still protected by copyright may be photographed for personal use, but further use would require permission as it would be a derivative work.
Works no longer protected by copyright are said to be in the public domain.
Nobody. It's public domain.
None. you wouldn't copyright the copyright symbol, you would trademark it.
After copyright term has expired, materials enter the public domain.
It would have a copyright. The story and cartoon is new and wouldn't be in the public domain yet.
Pubic domain occurs naturally when a copyright expires. In theory, a copyright owner can intentionally disclaim any power to enforce a copyright, making it as if it were "public domain".
Once copyright term expires, the material enters the public domain.
When a copyright expires, the work enters the public domain. In the public domain, the work is no longer protected by copyright law, and anyone is free to use, reproduce, or modify it without permission or payment.
No. Public domain means that the material is available for use by anyone, without copyright restriction.
Regarding the 1938 novel by T.H. White: If copyright was renewed, it will enter the public domain in 2033. If copyright was not renewed, it is currently in the public domain. Regarding the 1963 Disney film: No.
The original work remains in the public domain; copyright in the new work is not a renewal of the original protection: it is an entirely new copyright. For example, if I do a new translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, I control copyright over my translation, but the original texts are still in the public domain. If I record a performance of a Bach chorale, I control copyright over that recording, but the original work is still in the public domain.
Yes. Performance is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder.