Parents take legal action after Quebec teacher allegedly lists students’ art for sale online [Video]

A pair of Quebec parents is taking legal action after their children’s art teacher allegedly listed their children’s art for sale online without their knowledge.

The parents sent a letter through a bailiff on Tuesday to their kids’ teacher, Mario Perron, and the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) to demand $350,000 in moral and punitive damages for alleged intellectual property breaches. Their demands also include a formal apology and for the art to be removed from the teacher’s website.

Last Thursday, CTV News reported that students at Westwood Junior High School in the Montreal suburb of Saint-Lazare learned their art was posted online when they searched their teacher’s name on Google.

The story has gained international attention and made news headlines in Australia, the U.K., and the United States.

Days after first learning the art has appeared online, some of the parents involved have decide to act.

“The items, priced between 30USD and 120USD, were used without the consent …