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by nailer 4695 days ago
From http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

"10.4 Client Error 4xx

The 4xx class of status code is intended for cases in which the client seems to have erred. "

The client has not erred by requested a document that exists and which the server can technically provide (separately, the server has not erred by refusing to provide a document to the client which the exists and which access control would allow the client to have, because a government is threatening the server operator in some manner).
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dragonwriter 4695 days ago
> The client has not erred by requested a document that exists and which the server can technically provide

The client has erred in requesting a document which the server is legally forbidden to provide to that client. As specified for 403, the server understands the request and refuses to fulfill it.

Admittedly, a hypothetical 6xx Third-Party Interference series of error codes might be useful for these kind of cases (and some instances currently handled by 503.)

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nailer 4695 days ago
>> The client has erred

> The client has not erred... the server understands the request and refuses to fulfill it.

As I see it, the server is not refusing anything. +1 6xx Third-Party Interference.

Let's just agree to disagree.

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