Can You Go to Prison for Lying to a Web Site?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Mary Shaw [mary.shaw () gmail com]
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:38 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Can You Go to Prison for Lying to a Web Site?

When I got married, over three decades ago, it was the custom of the state of Pennsylvania to require me to change the 
name on my driver's license to my husband's name. At that time an ACLU lawyer advised me that I could call myself by 
any name I wanted to, or by different names in different settings, so long as I was not doing it to defraud anyone.  He 
noted, for example, that I could call myself "Howard Johnson", but not if I was planning to open a restaurant in my 
name (substitute "Bob Evans" now, I suppose).

Has the law in Pennsylvania or the US changed?  I know it's harder to get convincing papers in other names, but does 
the underlying law still permit me to call myself by any name (or names) I like?

Mary Shaw

(oh, and about the driver's license -- I moved to our new house before I got married, and I somehow never got around to 
telling them about the marriage, and I don't think they care any longer)

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