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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+Calling "git annex importfeed --relaxed" on a url of a BBC podcast
+fails just like a "git annex addurl --fast" (and not relaxed) on the
+url of a show:
+
+addurl open.live.bbc.co.uk_mediaselector_5_redir_version_2.0_mediaset_audio_nondrm_download_proto_http_vpid_p02y8kfc.mp3 
+  unable to access url: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p02y8kfc.mp3
+failed
+git-annex: addurl: 1 failed
+
+I suppose that is because HEAD on that same URL returns 403 Forbidden
+(addurl without fast works just fine).
+
+"git annex addurl --relaxed" works on the given url.
+
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+I ran into this bug trying to importfeed various BBC podcasts. For instance:
+
+$ git annex importfeed --relaxed 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9x6/episodes/downloads.rss'
+(checking known urls...)
+importfeed http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9x6/episodes/downloads.rss 
+/tmp/feed3947                   100%[=======================================================>]   8,39K  --.-KB/s   en 0,007s 
+addurl Comedy_of_the_Week/In_and_Out_of_the_Kitchen__Episode_1__The_Supplement.mp3 
+  unable to access url: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p02yy1hn.mp3
+failed
+
+  warning: problem downloading item
+ok
+
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+git-annex version: 5.20150731-1 on a quite up-to-date debian unstable.