I came across this a couple of weeks ago:
Call for Ray Bradbury to be honoured with internet error message | Books | guardian.co.uk
The IETF proposal can be found here. All I can say is that I absolutely love this idea. Quite a fitting tribute to Mr. Bradbury.
On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:56:03 +0000, MatthewEhle wrote:
> I came across this a couple of weeks ago:
>
> ‘Call for Ray Bradbury to be honoured with internet error message |
> Books | guardian.co.uk’ (http://tinyurl.com/84utxj4)
>
> The IETF proposal can be found ‘here’ (http://tinyurl.com/89cva8w).
> All I can say is that I absolutely love this idea. Quite a fitting
> tribute to Mr. Bradbury.
That is interesting - thanks for sharing it. 
Jim
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On 07/10/2012 11:56 PM, MatthewEhle wrote:
> The IETF proposal can be found ‘here’ (http://tinyurl.com/89cva8w).
> All I can say is that I absolutely love this idea.
but, i don’t think the 451 error should be optional…internet purveyors
who withhold info based on a legal requirement should be required to
provide blocked users the legal basis for the withhold or provide the
requested data…
for example: currently the USA’s Public Broadcasting System
<pbs.org> refuses to stream NOVA documentaries
<http://video.pbs.org/program/nova/> to my location due to
“rights restrictions” but that fact is masked behind their ‘error’
message which claims a “technical problem”…see
http://paste.opensuse.org/74143296
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dd
Which is exactly the type of thing this error code is supposed to address. However, you hit the nail on the head as for the main problem. As with other parts of the HTTP protocol, servers can easily provide the wrong status code or omit information, and there’s not much the client can do about it. I think where it comes in most handy is for companies that are coerced into censoring themselves, as Google does in certain countries. It would likely be in their best interest to show there is a restriction and the legalese behind it. However, areas that use firewalls to block content may not choose to use that status code, regardless of HTTP standard. After all, it’s not like we can send the internet police after them 
> it’s not like we can send the internet police after them;)
eventually the Federation’s Communications Police will dispatch a star
cruiser to the location of violators and . . .
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dd
Now *that’s *an idea! However, if they are going after violators of the HTTP protocol, I suggest they target Microsoft HQ first. >:)
On 07/11/2012 09:16 PM, MatthewEhle wrote:
> I suggest they target Microsoft HQ first
you can bet your bottom dollar that that HQ will not exist when the
Federation is sending out star cruisers… (but a descendent of
Linux/BSD/*nix will be embedded in every phaser and comm device)
with not a Window[tm] in sight.
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dd
BTW can anyone see this video ?
Watts 06/18 - WIDEO Watts - Video Eurosport
I’ve tried with IP addresses based in the folloing countries : Poland, US, Germany
Thanks for help in advance
Best regards,
Greg
On 07/13/2012 04:56 AM, glistwan wrote:
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> (http://video.eurosport.pl/watts/watts-06-18_vid236721/video.shtml)
in Denmark i get “Przepraszamy, tego wideo nie mozba ibehrzec z twihegi
jrahu” (or something like that)
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dd
Am 13.07.2012 04:56, schrieb glistwan:
>
> BTW can anyone see this video ?
> ‘Watts 06/18 - WIDEO Watts - Video Eurosport’
> (http://video.eurosport.pl/watts/watts-06-18_vid236721/video.shtml)
>
I clicked the link (I am located in Germany) and the video plays.
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Thanks that’s good to know. I wonder why it didn’t work for me. Maybe my German proxy IP was somehow discovered.
@dd
Thanks for checking. That means “we’re sorry but the video cannot be viewed from your country”.
Nothing to say. Most probably above discussion make a good result.