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		badloginagain on June 14, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Retiring the Netflix Public API I think the point is that the resource requested won't exist anymore.

WhoBeI on June 14, 2014 [–]

Yeah, I know. That's what 410 means. 404 means that the server couldn't find what you are looking for but says nothing about why.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

Not a big deal. I just found it funny that the first change they make is technically wrong.

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