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The Cover Art Archive is a cooperation between the [http://archive.org/ Internet Archive] and [[MusicBrainz]] to form a repository of music cover art (e.g. the covers of CDs) that is freely and easily accessible. The Cover Art Archive is stored on the Internet Archive's servers and curated by the MusicBrainz community. The images for any [[Release|release]] are indexed by [[MBID|MusicBrainz Release ID (MBID)]] and can be fetched by constructing a URL that is based on the MBID.
The [https://coverartarchive.org/ Cover Art Archive] is a cooperation between the [http://archive.org/ Internet Archive] and [[MusicBrainz]] to form a repository of music cover art (e.g. the covers of CDs) that is freely and easily accessible. The Cover Art Archive is stored on the Internet Archive's servers and curated by the MusicBrainz community. The images for any [[Release|release]] are indexed by [[MBID|MusicBrainz Release ID (MBID)]].


==Contribute==
To know more about submitting cover art to the Cover Art Archive, see [[How to Add Cover Art]]
To know more about submitting cover art to the Cover Art Archive, see [[How to Add Cover Art]]


==API==
To know more about the API to fetch cover art from the Cover Art Archive, see our [[Cover Art Archive/API|API page]]
To know more about the API to fetch cover art from the Cover Art Archive, see our [[Cover Art Archive/API|API page]]


==Policy==
These covers are being collected for archival purposes, and the collection will be accessible to the public. Use the images at your own risk. The Internet Archive's policy can be read [http://archive.org/about/terms.php here].


We ask that you:
[[Category:Terminology]]

* Be respectul of the rights of the artists and labels.
* Go make the music industry a better place.
* Go make the world a better place.
* Go make cool stuff.

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Latest revision as of 05:42, 27 April 2020

The Cover Art Archive is a cooperation between the Internet Archive and MusicBrainz to form a repository of music cover art (e.g. the covers of CDs) that is freely and easily accessible. The Cover Art Archive is stored on the Internet Archive's servers and curated by the MusicBrainz community. The images for any release are indexed by MusicBrainz Release ID (MBID).

Contribute

To know more about submitting cover art to the Cover Art Archive, see How to Add Cover Art

API

To know more about the API to fetch cover art from the Cover Art Archive, see our API page

Policy

These covers are being collected for archival purposes, and the collection will be accessible to the public. Use the images at your own risk. The Internet Archive's policy can be read here.

We ask that you:

  • Be respectul of the rights of the artists and labels.
  • Go make the music industry a better place.
  • Go make the world a better place.
  • Go make cool stuff.