"Open" DNS Not So Open

I know it's late here (01:46), but I just had a thought and got up to see if anyone won the CA Super Lotto jackpot.

Yes, I know the lottery is a tax for those who can't add.  Duh.

But guess what?  It's my right, or yours, or anyone's, to be able to go online and see what the current draw results are.  I don't usually go to 7/11 this late.

I've been using the OpenDNS name servers for about a year or so now.  They're faster than whatever I was using before (probably AT&T's DNS 'cause I have AT&T DSL here).  (Yeah, I know about that, too.  It's relatively cheap and works well enough for most internet stuff.)

However, this morning, apparently OpenDNS decided that being able to see draw results on a state-sponsored lottery constitutes GAMBLING.  That's right, just looking at the results is gambling, even if you a) didn't spend any money on tickets and b) can't buy them online anyway.

Can anyone else spell CENSORSHIP?  Isn't that spelled Brother U Lame Loser, Sure Happy It's Thursday?

It's bad enough that the major ISPs are really hot to censor everything we don't feel we should have to pay extra to get access to on the internet.  Here is a site that advertises its "openness" in its very name - OpenDNS.  You'd think that they don't censor the web, wouldn't you?  I sure did.

Not only that, but even classifying the lotto site as "gambling" is inaccurate, to say the least.  What else is gambling to these people, looking at a photo of a roulette wheel?  Next, we won't be able to access maps to drive through Las Vegas, even if it's just a gas stop the way to Denver (or from Denver to CA, if you're east of here), or check out the resorts in Lake Tahoe (which is a really nice place to visit, even if you don't gamble - the casinos usually have great food and good shows - cheap).

I figured that there had to be another free DNS service out there, so I did a Google search for it, and the first hit up was a blog that had a list of free, fast DNS servers on it, and the really interesting part is that you can use Google as your DNS server.  I happen to like Google....

I filed a complaint with OpenDNS right away, of course - that kind of misguided public coercion is just plain wrong on so many levels I lost count immediately.

Then I switched to Google's DNS links and voila!  Lotto results are right there.

Unless you like censorship, I recommend you contact OpenDNS and express your concerns, too.  They're at www.opendns.com.
As an open source software afficionado and promoter, I am mortally offended at this insult.  Shame on "open" anything that censors our access.