Category: General

My Copyright License?

Yup, you heard that right. MY copyright license. It sounds really fancy and like I did a lot to get it, but I didn’t (lol). And that’s the beauty of the simplicity of copyright.

…so, what is copyright? Copyright protection is automatic when a work is created. Even your napkin doodles at your favorite restaurant! There’s no need to register the work. A Creative Commons copyright waiver, or CC0, is one of the choices available to creators that enables the communication of their wish to make their work publicly available. Creative Commons licenses are an excellent means for authors to express their desires regarding their works (unrestricted access, restricted access, commercial-only use, vice versa, etc).

The CC0 I chose is called ‘ CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 .’ In digestible terms, here’s what that means:

1. Anyone using my work must include proper attribution.
2. Others can not use my work for commercial purposes.
3. Others can remix, adapt, or build upon my work.
4. Others must use the same CC license if they adapt my work.

Yippee!

So what?

Why care about copyright? The point of copyright isn’t to halt all creativity and collaboration. Using the creative works of others ethically involves respecting the rights of the original creators while also fostering creativity and inspiration. If you’ve ever created anything in your life, perhaps you can empathize with the feeling of if someone used your creation without your permission first when you would’ve preferred if they had asked beforehand. This is the same idea behind copyright. We have the wonderful vehicle of the web to be able to share creations with millions of people all over the world, so it is important for creators to have control of how their works are used among the masses.

Ahh, my first blog post! Though I’ve created this site for a class, I’m excited to continue using it for much time to come; I’ve dreamt about making a website for years, toying around with vehicles like Google Sites, but never could get it just the way I wanted. I’m optimistic that I’ll learn of all the ways to make this site my perfect little nook of the Web.

I’ve been assigned to create a “Who am I on the web?” post, but I think to paint an accurate, full, and clear image of who I am on the web, you should know a bit about who I am in real life. I am aware that that could sound terribly boring, so I’ll try my best to keep it brief.

Who am I in Real Life?

I’ll spare you the ‘first date’ Q & A’s of where I was born and favorite colors (though my favorite color is yellow, if you were wondering).

A Creative.

When it comes down to it, I’ve found that I am deeply fulfilled whenever I am creating something. For me, that looks like being behind or in front of a camera, editing photos and videos, tailoring an Instagram feed to look cohesive, decorating a room, putting together an outfit or gym outfit, planning an outing or event and watching it come to life- you get the jist. I am the friend that takes all the photos and I’ve been told that I “see life cinematically,” which I think is a sweet thing to be remembered for. Moreover, I like to use this creativity to reach, connect with, and help people. I’m a wellness coach whom uses social media to run her biz, and a lot of my day-to-day involves content creation to run and market that business. So I do in fact already have an online presence. Because the whole point of my business is ‘healthy active lifestyle,’ my Instagram includes almost everything that I do so that I can show others that its possible to pursue all of your interests and passions while also staying healthy and active. I also, though I consider it a hobby and not a job, am a photographer. I just love to capture memories.

So…how is that different from who you are on the web?

Well…it’s not really. I like to think I do a decent job at being authentic online. What you see is what you get, really. My presence on the web is a whole bunch of living in my own Pinterest board. Detail shots, a cute workout set, girls night outings, iced coffee, my favorite post workout meal. If you can’t picture it yourself, I’ll link my Instagram account so you can see for yourself (also, shameless self plug).

Love Yourz

The domain name I’ve chosen- Loveyourzkai- isn’t new to me at all. As a matter of fact, it’s been the name I’ve used for my online presence for a couple years. ‘Love Yourz’ is my favorite song by J. Cole, of which the whole premise is not comparing your life and things in your life to others and to instead “Love Yourz.” I believe this name fits perfectly with my online presence considering everything that I share and will continue to share, because it is a good reminder during every season of life! I even have the lyrics tattooed;) And then I just added ‘Kai’ to the end because it’s catchy, duh.

I hope you come to ‘love yourz’ through reading and engaging with my blog!

Love Yourz,

Kai:)

P.S. True story: I worked on this blog post for a bit and then saved it to my drafts, hoping to later finish it and realized that I didn’t know how to log back in to my dashboard. Thank God for UMW’s Domain of Ones Own Website building site!