NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN

1. Eligibility: Embarq® 48 Seconds Video Contest (the “Contest”) is open only to legal residents of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States (including D.C.) who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry, except for the states of Alabama and Nebraska, where entrants must be at least nineteen (19) years old, and the state of Mississippi, where entrants must be at least twenty one (21) years old at time of entry and who did not purchase any products, services or equipment for the purposes of entering this Contest. Employees of iCrossing, Inc., Embarq Communications, Inc., YouTube, LLC, ePrize, LLC, and any of their parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Void where prohibited.

2. Sponsor: Embarq Communications, Inc., 6000 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, KS, 66251. Administrator: ePrize, LLC, One ePrize Drive, Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069.

3. Agreement to Official Rules: Participation in this Contest constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to this Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

4. Timing: The Contest begins on September 22, 2008 at 12:00:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), ends on December 8, 2008 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET (the "Contest Period") and consists of three (3) phases as set forth in the chart below.

Phase
Starts at 12:00:01 a.m. ET
Ends at 11:59:59 p.m. ET
Submission September 22, 2008 November 7, 2008
Judging November 8, 2008 November 16, 2008
Voting November 24, 2008 December 8, 2008






Sponsor’s computer is the official time-keeping device for the Contest.

5. How to Enter: During the Submission Phase, visit www.youtube.com/embarq and follow the links and instructions to create or log in to your YouTube account (the "Account"). Creating an Account is free. Once logged in to your Account, follow the links and instructions to submit one (1) video depicting your cleverest, smartest, silliest or most innovative use of forty-eight (48) seconds (the "Submission"). You will receive one (1) entry into the Contest. For purposes of these Official Rules, receipt of entry occurs when YouTube’s servers successfully receive the uploaded video file and record the required entry information. Any entry information collected from the Contest will be used only in a manner consistent with the consent given by entrants at the time of entry, with these Official Contest Rules and the Privacy Policies (see Section 13 below). By uploading your Submission, you agree that your Submission conforms to the Submission Guidelines and Content Restrictions as defined below (collectively, the “Guidelines and Restrictions”) and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the Contest if it believes, in its sole discretion, that your Submission fails to conform to the Guidelines and Restrictions.

Submission Guidelines: Each Submission:
Content Restrictions: Each Submission:
For All Submissions: Limit: One (1) Submission per person during the Promotion Period. Submissions received from any person or email address in excess of the stated limit will be void. Submissions generated by script, macro or other automated means are void. The person who creates the Account will be deemed to be the entrant. Entrant must have permission from all individuals that appear in the Submission (if any) to use their name and likeness in the Submission and to grant the rights set forth herein. If requested by Sponsor, entrant must be able to provide such permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor. In the event there is a conflict between the YouTube Terms and Conditions and these Official Rules with regard to this Contest, these Official Rules shall prevail. All Submissions will become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor shall have the right to edit, adapt and publish any or all of the Submissions, and may use them in any media without attribution or compensation to the entrant, his/her successors or assigns, or any other entity. UPLOADING A SUBMISSION IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ENTRANT’S IRREVOCABLE ASSIGNMENT, CONVEYANCE AND TRANSFERENCE TO SPONSOR OF ANY AND ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE SUBMISSION INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL COPYRIGHTS. Released Parties (as defined in Section 9, below) are not responsible for lost, late, stolen, damaged, incomplete, invalid, un-intelligible, garbled, delayed or misdirected Submissions; all of which will be void.

In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder, at time of entry, of the email address used to create the applicable Account will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. The entrant may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.

6. Winner Determination: Winners will be determined according to the process set forth below.

(a) Judging Phase: During the Judging Phase, a panel of qualified judges determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion will select the five (5) entrants with the highest scoring Submissions (the “Finalists”) from among all eligible Submissions based on the following criteria (“Judging Criteria”): In the event of a tie, the entrant whose Submission received the highest score in the Fit to Contest Theme category, as determined by the qualified judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed the applicable Finalist. Sponsor reserves the right to select fewer than five (5) Finalists, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Submissions.

(b) Voting Phase: During the Voting Phase, the Finalists’ Submissions will be posted in an online gallery for public voting at www.youtube.com/embarq. Persons who meet the eligibility criteria as set forth in Section 1 and who have an Account with YouTube will be invited to vote for the Submission they believe is best. Persons voting will be encouraged to use the Judging Criteria in Section 6(a) (above) to critically evaluate Videos and vote either "Thumbs Up” or "Thumbs Down." Limit: Each voter may vote one (1) time during the Voting Phase. Multiple votes received from any person or email address after the first vote received from that person or email address will be void. Finalists are prohibited from obtaining votes by any fraudulent or inappropriate means, including, without limitation, offering prizes or other inducements to members of the public, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. Subject to the Finalist’s compliance with these Official Rules, the Finalist whose Submission receives the highest number of valid votes during the Voting Phase will be deemed the potential Grand Prize winner. The remaining Finalists will be deemed First Prize winners. In the event of a tie, the entrant whose Submission received the highest score in the Fit to Contest Theme category, as determined by the qualified judges in their sole discretion, will be deemed the potential Grand Prize winner. Sponsor reserves the right to award fewer than the stated number of prizes, if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of eligible and qualified Submissions. Sponsor also reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to select an alternate Grand or First Prize winner should the voting appear to have been tampered with or manipulated in any way.

For the Voting Phase: Multiple voters are not permitted to share the same email address or Account. Any attempt by any voter to submit more than the stated number of votes by using multiple/different email addresses, Accounts, identities or any other method will void that voter’s Submission(s) (if any) and votes and he/she will be disqualified from further participation in the Contest. Use of script, macro or any other automated system to vote is prohibited and all such votes will be void. Released Parties (as defined in Section 9 below) are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, garbled, delayed, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected votes, which will be void. In the event of a dispute as to any vote, the authorized account holder of the email address used to vote will be deemed to be the voter. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.

7. Winner Requirements: Potential winners will be notified by mail, email or phone on or around December 9, 2008. The potential Grand Prize winner will be required to execute and return to Administrator, within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, an Affidavit of Eligibility, Liability & Publicity Release (“Affidavit”) in order to claim his/her prize. If a potential winner cannot be contacted within a reasonable time period, fails to execute and return the Affidavit within the required time period (if applicable), is not in compliance with these Official Rules, or prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits the prize. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the prize may be awarded to a runner-up, if any, at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Only three (3) alternate winners will be selected through this process, after which the applicable prize will remain un-awarded. Acceptance of any prize shall constitute and signify winner’s agreement and consent that Sponsor and its designees may use the winner’s, name, city, state, likeness, photo, Submission and/or prize information in connection with the Contest for promotional, advertising or other purposes, worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including the Internet, without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission or other consideration, except where prohibited by law. Prizes and Special Offers will be fulfilled within eight (8) to ten (10) weeks after the conclusion of the Contest.

8. Prizes and Offers: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: $5,600 awarded in the form of a check, $600 of which winner may apply towards the purchase of high-speed Internet. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $5,600.

FIVE (5) FIRST PRIZES (one (1) First Prize for each Finalist, including the Finalist that is selected and confirmed as the Grand Prize winner): A 60-Minute Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder by Pure digital. ARV: $160. The ARV is subject to price fluctuations in the consumer marketplace based on, among other things, any gap in time between the date the ARV is estimated for purposes of these Official Rules and the date the prize is awarded or redeemed. Limit: One (1) First Prize per person.

FIFTY (50) SPECIAL OFFERS: The first fifty (50) unique YouTube users who submit a qualifying Submission, per the instructions set forth in Section 5 above, will receive a $50 American Express gift card. Terms and conditions of gift cards apply. ARV: $50. Limit: One (1) Special Offer per person.

For All Prizes and Special Offer: Prizes and Special Offer are non-transferable and no substitution or cash redemption will be permitted unless Sponsor, in its sole discretion, determines otherwise. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize, Special Offer (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. Winners are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes and any other costs, expenses or fees associated with prize or Special Offer acceptance and/or use not specified herein as being provided. All prize and Special Offer details are at Sponsor’s sole discretion.

9. Release: By participating, entrant agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, iCrossing, Inc., Administrator and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.

10. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. If terminated Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, determine the winners from among all non-suspect, eligible Submissions received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the Submission process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or those of any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner and void all associated Submissions. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies (including attorneys’ fees) from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

11. Limitations of Liability: Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing, typographical or other errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the Submission process or the Contest; (4) printing, typographical, technical, computer, network or human error which may occur in the administration of the Contest, the uploading, the processing or judging of Submissions or votes or the tabulating of votes, the announcement of the prizes or in any Contest-related materials; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest or receipt or use or misuse of any prize (including any travel/activity related thereto). Released Parties are not responsible for misdirected or undeliverable Submissions or for any technical problems, malfunctions of computer systems, servers, providers, hardware/software, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission or any combination thereof. Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized third party use of any Submission.

12. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

13. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrant is subject to ePrize, LLC’s Privacy Policy (http://www.eprize.com/privacy/privacypolicy.html), YouTube, LLC's Privacy Policy (http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy) and Sponsor’s Privacy Policy (http://www2.embarq.com/legal/privacy.html). By entering the Contest, you grant YouTube permission to share your email address and any other personally identifiable information with Sponsor and Administrator solely for the purpose of prize fulfillment. Neither Sponsor, Administrator nor YouTube will sell, rent, transfer or otherwise disclose your personal data to any third party.

14. Winners’ List: Winner List requests will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than April 9, 2009. For the Winner List, send an email with subject line: "Embarq® 48 Seconds Video Contest, Winner List Request,” to WinListRequests@eprizefulfillment.com.

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