Why is authentication required to get follower info?

[Amir Michail]

Hi,

curl http://twitter.com/statuses/followers/amichail.rss

yields

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hash>
  <request>/statuses/followers/amichail.rss</request>
  <error>Could not authenticate you.</error>
</hash>

Amir