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Originally Posted by Aodhan McDunnough  @Sakai
Famous or not, no one has a right to any name in an online world where names can be chosen freely. The line however is drawn at impersonation. If the person claims to be the same named person from another world (or from RL) then there are grounds to confiscate the name or to disable it, and possibly give it to the person who was impersonated provided there is sufficient proof of identity. |
There's no explaining this away. Many of us who are visible residents have visible names. Given that the surnames aren't pulled from a specific database of choices the likelihood that someone else finds "Joshua Nightshade" by random is very low and there can only be one intention.