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Medtechnophobia: Official Rules for “Share Your Story” Video Contest

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. No Purchase Necessary to enter or win. A purchase does not improve your chances of winning. By entering the Contest, Entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

DEADLINES AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. MedTechnophobia Video Contest (“Contest”) starts at 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Friday, August 28, 2009 and ends at 11:59:59 PM EST on Friday, October 30, 2009 (“Promotion Period”). There will be one entry pool throughout the Promotion Period. All entries must be received by the end of the Promotion Period to be eligible for the Contest prize. Sponsor’s computer will be the official time clock for the Contest. Contest is open to all legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years of age and older at the time of entry (except residents of Alabama and Nebraska must be 19 years of age and older and residents of Mississippi must be 21 years of age and older). Employees of Epocrates, Inc. (“Sponsor”), and each employees’ immediate family members (persons with whom they are domiciled) are not eligible to enter. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the person submitting an on-line entry, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an internet access provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Sponsor may require proof to its satisfaction of entrant’s registered subscriber status. Automated entries (including but not limited to entries made using any script, macro, bot, or Contest service) and facsimiles are not allowed.

HOW TO ENTER: You may enter the Contest by accessing the following Sponsor’s Internet web site: www.youtube.com/epocratespr and clicking on the Medtechnophobia Video Contest video icon. Once in the YouTube video link, look for the “Post a video response” link. Click to upload your submission video. After uploading your video response you must email community@epocrates.com to confirm that you have submitted a video. Subject line must read “Medtechnophobia Video Contest.” Registration information (name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number) needs to be included in this email. Understanding and acceptance of the Official Rules acknowledged by submitting a video response to the Medtechnophobia Contest. No other form of on-line entry permitted. Limit one entry per person. Entries for the final drawing must be received by 11:59:59 PM EST on Friday October 30, 2009. Any other form of Internet or e-mail entry is void. Sponsor and its agencies assume no responsibility for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections; miscommunications; failed phone or computer hardware or software or telephone transmissions or technical failures; ISP/network/web site accessibility or availability; garbled or jumbled transmissions; injury or damage to any participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the web site; and/or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical or electronic, including without limitation the incorrect or inaccurate capture of on-line entry information. On-line entry data that have been tampered with or altered in any way are void. Any use of robotic, automated, programmed, or like on-line entry methods is prohibited. Sponsor’s computer is the official timekeeping device for the Contest. The videos will appear on www.medtechcure.com and may also appear on the Epocrates web site, in marketing collateral, and will be used for media requests.

PRIZE DESCRIPTIONS AND APPROXIMATE ODDS OF WINNING: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Flip Mino HD Video Recorder, (“Flip Cam”), approximate retail value (“ARV”): $229.99. Total ARV of Flip Cam prize: $229.99. The Grand Prize Winner will be responsible for any additional costs associated with the Flip Cam, including without limitation tax, registration, insurance and any additional accessories and options.

Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of winner. This Contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable value. No transfer or substitution of a prize is permitted except by Sponsor. The number of eligible entries will determine odds of winning. All federal, state, and local taxes are the sole responsibility of winner.

DRAWING: A panel of qualified judges from Epocrates will select one (1) winning video and one (1) runner-up. You understand that the decision of the judges will be in their sole discretion and will be final and binding in all matters relating to this Contest. The winner will be awarded one (1) Grand Prize as described above. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received during the Promotion Period. Sponsor will notify winner by email, telephone, postal mail, and/or express mail on or about November 4, 2009.

If any Prize correspondence is returned as non-deliverable, Prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected from the runner up list. The potential winner of a Prize are subject to verification by Sponsor. Any materials submitted become the sole property of the Sponsor and will not be returned to entrants. No more than the advertised Prize will be awarded.

GAME RELEASE. By participating in the Contest, entrants agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its advertising and promotions agencies, and each of its agents, dealers, representatives, officers, directors, shareholders, and employees (collectively, “Released Parties”) from and against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions, or liability of any kind resulting from or arising from participation in the Contest or acceptance, possession, use, misuse or non use of any prize that may be awarded, and permit use of winner’s name and/or likeness and address for the purpose of advertising, publicity and promotion without further compensation except where prohibited by law. Released Parties are not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Contest related materials; for transactions or entries that are lost, stolen, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled, fail to enter into the processing system, or are processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any reason including computer, telephone, paper transfer, human or other error; or for electronic, computer, or telephonic malfunction or error, including inability to access any web site associated with this promotion, or process any transaction thereon.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF WINNER.

Grand Prize Winner must complete all documentation required by Sponsor in connection with the Prize.

The Grand Prize may not be exchanged. No transfer, substitution or cash equivalent of Grand Prize permitted. Prize subject to availability and substitution with a prize of equal or greater retail value if the Grand Prize is unavailable or cannot be awarded for any reason, at sole discretion of Sponsor. The value of the Grand Prize set forth above represents Sponsor’s good faith determination of the ARV thereof and cannot be challenged or appealed. In the event the ARV of a prize is more than the actual retail value of the prize, the difference will not be awarded in cash or otherwise.

Sponsor has made no warranty or guarantee in whole or in part, express or implied, in fact or in law, in relation to the use of any prize including, but not limited to, its quality, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or suitability for use and, further, accepts no responsibility for any additional expenses, omissions, delays, re-routing or acts of any government or authority.

RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND CANCEL: Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual found, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or web site, or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; to be acting in violation of the terms of use of the web site, or to be acting in a unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Participants may not enter using multiple e-mail addresses or as multiple entries. Any entrant who attempts to enter under multiple identities, or uses any other device to enter multiple times will be disqualified. In the event a dispute as to entries submitted by multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to participate in the Contest at the actual time of participation, will be deemed to be the participant and must comply with these rules. Sponsor reserves the exclusive right to cancel the Contest should a virus, bug, unauthorized human intervention or other cause beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest. In such event, the prizes will be awarded to a winner by random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the time of cancellation.

ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST IS IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

Sponsor may prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law. The failure of Sponsor to comply with any provision of these Official Rules due to an act of God, act of domestic terrorism, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, act of public enemies, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of either (excepting compliance with applicable codes and regulations) or other force majeure event will not be considered a breach of these Official Rules.

INFORMATION COLLECTED AND SUBMISSIONS: Once received, all entries will become property of Sponsor, and none will be returned. Any personal information (email or contact information) submitted to the above web site is subject to Sponsor's Privacy Policy, located at: http://www.epocrates.com/company/privacy.html

WINNER’S LIST: For Winner List send an email no later than October 30, 2009 to: winnerlist@epocrates.com with the Subject Line of “MedTechnophobia Video Contest” to receive a copy of the Winner List. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete or postage-due mail/requests. Winner’ List will be made available on and after November 5, 2009. Winner will be contacted directly regarding the winner’s prize.

TRADEMARK: Flip® is a trademark of Pure Digital Technologies, Inc. YouTube™ is a trademark of Google, Inc.

SPONSOR: Epocrates, Inc., 1100 Park Place, Suite 300, San Mateo, CA 94403.