Trying to save a song and upload it

I've been trying to figure out how to save a song from a cd and upload it for personal use on my site. The name is " Testify " by Avalon and I'm not even sure it's legal to do this so I was hoping to get some advice here. I just joined so I'm new here and would appreciate any help I can get. I know pretty much about building web sites but have a lot of trouble with the media part of it. A friend of mine is a Christian hiphop artist and he also would like to know how to save and upload his own music for his pages. Thanks in advance. Blessings!, Sherry

These instructions are specific to Windows Media Player. There's one part which speaks to being sure you are connected to the internet. That's necessary only if you want the file name (song title/artist) to be automatically assigned to the file. If you need more info for other audio players, for example, Real Player, open the "player", click open help and, either find "rip" or enter the word rip in the search window. This will give you step by step instructions. Good luck, if you need more help, give us another holler.

PS: Go to the paragraph which says "Insert an audio CD into the CD drive, and then click the Rip tab." and start. Very easy.

Check that you are connected to the Internet.

When connected to the Internet, the Player attempts to retrieve media information about the tracks being ripped from a Windows Media database that is maintained by Microsoft. The Player then adds the information to the files during ripping. If media information is wrong or missing, you can add or edit it after ripping, as described in the procedure below in this topic.

(Optional) To select a different format or bit rate for the files that are created during ripping, click the arrow below the Rip tab, and then make your selections from the Format and Bit Rate commands.

You can also change the default settings later on the Rip Music tab of the Options dialog box.

Insert an audio CD into the CD drive, and then click the Rip tab.

By default, the Player begins ripping the CD automatically when you are in the Rip tab or switch to it after the CD was inserted. You can also choose to have ripping begin immediately upon inserting the CD, or you can turn off automatic ripping. For information about changing these settings, see Change settings for ripping music.

(Optional) As the Player begins ripping the CD, clear the check boxes next to any songs that you don't want to rip. Or, click Stop Rip, make your selections, and click Start Rip to restart ripping. (Partially ripped songs are not saved.)

After the songs have been ripped, you can find and play them in your library.