Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime explores the grey horizons of copyright and culture in times when technology is fast changing the contours of the market. Directed by Paromita Vohra, a documentary filmmaker and scriptwriter, Partners in Crime is full of wicked irony. The movie confronts difficult questions: who owns a song—the person who made it or the person who paid for it? Is the fine line between plagiarism and inspiration a copout or a whole other way of looking at the fluid nature of authorship? When more than three-fourths of those with an Internet connection download all sorts of material for free, are they living out a brand new cultural freedom—or are they criminals?’

Partners in Crime, 16 June, Alliance Française, 40, New Marine Lines Road, Mumbai. For more information, visit bombay.afindia.org