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Originally Posted by Quoth
Morally it's akin to pretending to be someone known to someone and then having an email, fax, sms or phone conversation while pretending to be that person.
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Sounds then comparable to a prank call:
A radio station in the American state of Florida has played a practical joke on President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela with a hoax phone call he believed was from his friend and ally, the Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
and:
Queen Elizabeth II was tricked into going on the air with a radio host impersonating the Canadian prime minister . . .
Then there's:
Sacha Baron Cohen.
I am fine with Simon & Schuster firing an employee for the thread title offense, especially if the evidence for multiple occurrences is strong. And media outlets should discipline employees who engage in prank calls, regardless of whether the victims are famous.
Federal prison when there seem to be zero prior offenses? No, even if the overt acts were committed in the U.S., which was not the case.