A website that has been terminated by its hosting provider for terms of service violation is said to be “404-compliant”, a reference to the 404 “not found” status code in HTTP and a parody of spammers claiming their spam is 301 compliant, referring to a bill that never made it into a law.

A website that has been terminated by its hosting provider for terms of service violation is said to be “404-compliant”, a reference to the 404 “not found” status code in HTTP and a parody of spammers claiming their spam is 301 compliant, referring to a bill that never made it into a law.