Parents take legal action after Quebec teacher allegedly lists student’s 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, a formal apology and for the art to be removed from the online websites.

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 items, priced between 30USD and 120USD, were used without the consent of their creators, in bad faith, and in violation of all laws related to the intellectual property of an artist. Nothing authorized Mr. Perron to appropriate the work of his students for personal gains. This act is even more egregious …