How to Burn CDs From Kazaa

Use Windows Media Player to create an audio CD of your legally downloaded audio files.

Kazaa was once the reigning king of peer-to-peer file sharing after the original Napster was shut down. The service was used to connect thousands of computers together for easy transfer of media, mostly music in the MP3 format. Kazaa was eventually shut down to the overwhelming amount of copyrighted material being freely traded, though the network lives on via Kazaa Lite and Kazaa Lite Resurrection. Not all content shared through the network was done so illegally, however. Peer-to-peer networks were also a resource for Creative Commons, a nonprofit that provides free licenses to content creators to allow for the sharing of content (among other things) while adhering to copyright rules. Kazaa was sold off to Brilliant Digital Entertainment and currently serves as a subscription music service.

Things You'll Need

• Windows Media Player
• Blank CD

Instructions

1. Open Windows Media Player. Insert a blank CD into the computer.

2. Select "Library" and click "Add to Library." Navigate to Kazaa's download folder and select "Browse." Windows Media Player will detect and automatically add any music files to the WMP Library.

3. Select "Burn List." Drag songs from the "Details" pane to the "List" pane. These are the songs you would like to burn to an audio CD.

4. Click "Start Burn" and select "Audio CD." Click "Start Burn." Windows Media Player will begin creating the CD. Once the process is done, you can remove the CD and play it in your CD player.

Tips & Warnings

• Kazaa's subscription service does not allow the user to own the downloaded content, and therefore CD's cannot be created directly.

• Only burn CDs from music files freely and legally available on the network.

References

• Microsoft: Adding Files to WMP Library
• Microsoft: Burning CDs with WMP
• CNET: Kazaa to Return

Resources

• Creative Commons