To clarify this: > This status code indicates that the server is subject to legal restrictions which prevent it servicing the request. The "server" here could

To clarify this: > This status code indicates that the server is subject to legal restrictions which prevent it servicing the request. The "server" here could be a proxy server or the original, hosting server. > The use of the 451 status code implies neither the existence nor non-existence of the resource named in the request. That is to say, it is possible that if the legal restriction were removed, a request for the resource might still not succeed.