As I think about it, I think I see where you are coming from, we don’t need more laws. This is also my point too, we have laws in effect to deal with this. And I do think the book needs to be thrown at them.
How would you like somebody signing into Free Republic as OldDeckHand and campaining for Obama? How would you like somebody buying drugs on the corner and using your name? Names and reputations are a valuable asset, a wise person spends a lifetime investing in theirs and jealously guards it.
Right, we have a mechanism already in place to deal with just those occurrences - the civil tort system. If someone appropriates my name or likeness without my permission (generally) they aren't arrested and charged with a crime. They are sued in civil court for damages. That should have been the outcome here.
This young lady was perhaps defamed and that defamation should be compensated with a monetary award.
As I said in another thread, wait until someone arrests Rush Limbaugh for "stalking". It's coming.