Hassan's+Story+-+Questions

Watch the film "Hassan's Story". Now answer the following questions:

1. Hassan uses a program called ‘LinkedUp’. This is an example of a peer-to-peer, file-sharing program. (a) Why does Hassan use LinkedUp? (b) Is Hassan doing anything illegal by using LinkedUp? ?

2. Hassan sells the music and games that he downloads to his friends at school. (a) Is Hassan doing anything illegal? (b) What do you think might happen to people who download and sell music, movies and games in this way?

3. Hassan says he is going to do his History essay ‘the easy way’ – on the Internet. (a) What does Hassan mean by this? (b) Do you think there is anything wrong in what Hassan is doing?

4. Hassan says he comes across lots of cool web sites and one of his favourites is Nuclearfax.com. (a) Why does Hassan think that Nuclearfax.com is a cool web site? (b) What do you think about Nuclearfax.com?

5. Hassan says that he is ‘addicted’ to Worlds of Warfare. (a) What do you think Hassan means by this? (b) Do you think it is possible for someone to be ‘addicted’ to a computer game? Explain your answer.

6. One of the players in Hassan’s team calls himself ‘Blade of the Immortal’. Hassan believes that he lives in Japan. (a) Is there anything to suggest that ‘Blade’ might not be who he says he is? (b) Are there any risks to Hassan in talking to someone in this way?

7. Hassan received an email advertising a link to a new World of Warfare web site. (a) Do you think this web site was genuine? Say why. (b) Hassan has no idea who sent the email with the web link. Who might have sent this email?