MUMBAI: Canadian singer Loreena McKennitt has sued music composer Deepak Dev for copyright infringement of her melodies. The lawsuit was filed by Deep Emotions Publishing who represents McKennitt's catalogue of songs in India.

Loreena McKennitt, a Canadian singer famous for her Celtic music has claimed that Dev's composition – �Aaro Nee Aaro' – in the hit Malyalam movie �Urumi', has been directly lifted from two of her own compositions �Caravanserai' and �The Mummers Dance'.

Apart from this, McKennitt is also suing Dev for violation of her �moral rights' or �special rights' under Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957 which not only gives singer a right to attribution but also a right to protect her work against mutilation or distortion or synchronisation with particular visual images. Picturization of the impugned song �Aaro Nee Aaro' is slightly on the sensual side while original numbers has more sobering lyrics.

Justice Manmohan Singh of the Delhi High Court has passed an ex-parte interim injunction against Dev acting on the copyright infringement claim, filed by the canadian singer.  McKennitt and her co-plaintiffs were represented by Advocates Nikhil Krishnamurthy and Sai Krishna Rajagopal. The order however is restricted to the proposed release of the movie and the impugned song in the Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English languages. The Court has not included in terms of the injunction, the music which has already been released in the Malyalam version ie â€?Urmi'.

The injuction is not only against Dev but also the producer of the movie, August Cinema (India) Pvt. Ltd and also the distributors Manorama Music and Moser Baer Entertainment Ltd.