In the vast majority of cases it falls far short. Possessing copyright is almost worthless unless it is accompanied with theability to exercise the right to copy. In other words, one must have accessto the means of production. Obviously this access is purchased with largeamounts of capital. This means that artists are usually compelled to sell away all or part of theirrights through publishing deals and employment contracts to get their workpublished.
Intellectual property is bought and sold as commodity.
Wealthy artcollectors can afford to pay thousands for a painting and stuff it away intheir mansions, thereby gaining exclusive control over who gets to view thework. It is in the same way that publishers and other commercial interests have the ultimate control over whogets to see or hear what cultural material, and how much they must pay todo so. In this way access to art is very much in the hands of thecapitalist class. Unique to capitalism The rights of creative authorship have a short history. You might travel all the way to the Louvre in Paris to see a Mona Lisa'original' or be highly appreciative of a ridiculous squiggleon the wall because the artist is 'someone' in New York.