Furnishing fabric ‘Alice in Wonderland’ (detail) of roller-printed cotton chintz, designed by C. F. A. Voysey for Morton Sundour Fabric Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1920. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.The choices that museums make about copyright and licensing as they digitise their collections have profound implications for public access. In an era where digital technologies are opening up heritage like never before, are some of our cultural institutions becoming gatekeepers?