Yes. Performance is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder.
Yes; you are creating a derivative work as well as performing and distributing the work, and all of these are exclusive rights of the copyright holder.
Under US copyright law, there are no recordings that are public domain; they are either covered under state copyright law prior to 1972, under federal copyright law if published after that, and under federal copyright law if they were never published at all. The only possible public domain records would be some that were published before 1989 and after 1972 without the necessary copyright notice or registration.
Published in 1895, the book is in the public domain.
It depends upon where it was published, when, the nationality and residence of the author and what copyright formalities were in effect at the time. For example, a book published prior to 1923 in the USA has no US copyright. A book published in the USA by a US author in 1923 with copyright notice and renewal is copyrighted for 95 years. A book published in 1972 without copyright notice never had any copyright. A book written in 1899 but NOT published has copyright until 120 years after creation.
If it was not protected by copyright when it was created, and not published with notice before 1 March 1989, it is in the public domain and cannot be protected.
The poem "Peace" by Ralph Spaulding Cushman is in the public domain, as it was published before 1923 and copyright has expired.
"The Princess and the Pea" is a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen and was first published in 1835. Since it was published before 1923, it is in the public domain and does not have a copyright date.
They stay where they are, but exclusive rights to them expire, and they enter the public domain.
"The Ugly Duckling" is a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen and was first published in 1843. As a work that was published before 1924, it is in the public domain, meaning that the copyright has expired and it is free for public use.
No, Irving Berlin's "Always" is not in the public domain. The song was published in 1925, and works published in the United States are typically protected by copyright for 95 years from the date of publication. Therefore, "Always" will remain under copyright protection until 2021, and it will enter the public domain in 2026.
Books can fall out of copyright (into the public domain) in one of three ways. First the copyright can expire at the end of it's natural term. All books published before 1923 fall into this class. Second, books published before 1964 but after 1923 which were not properly renewed are considered to also be public domain. Finally certain authors can opt to voulntarily give up their copyright an donate a book immediately into public domain.
if you retained the copyright, yes you can republish it. or if it became public domain then it could be republished.