Are you legally allowed to pick any username, nickname, emailaddress?
<p>Are you legally allowed to pick any username of nickname for online services? </p>

<p>I can imagine that usernames like <code>mario123</code>, <code>Lawyer84</code> and <code>user112141</code> won't cause any problems. But what if I pick a nickname or variation in an email address like <code>Michael Jackson</code>, <code>Barack Obama</code> or <code>Mark Zuckerberg</code>? </p>

<p>Can the the use of such a username, nickname or email address be considered misleading or even as identity fraud?</p>

<p>You can use any pseudonym you like in the real world so why should it be different on the Internet?</p>

<p>If you used that pseudonym to break the law then that would be part of that offence, not an offence of its own. </p>

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