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== Image hosting websites ==

Could we whitelist the images from the various image hosting websites that are actually here for that kind of direct linking ?

Example of an imageshack [http://musicbrainz.org/release/cb33198a-8136-4fb7-aacd-1d015897e27f.html Nỗi nhớ mùa đông] hosted [http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6356/noinhomuadongcover.jpg cover image].

Image hosting website examples : http://imageshack.us http://23hq.com …

== data:image links ==

Could we able the data:image links that dynamically generate the image, thus no need for any hosting ?

Copy paste this in your address bar to see [http://musicbrainz.org/release/cb33198a-8136-4fb7-aacd-1d015897e27f.html Nỗi nhớ mùa đông]'s un-hosted cover image : 

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== Potential sites ==

This section has been moved from the main article since a long list of unpermitted sites is not particularly useful to people wanting to know what's permitted (and there are hundreds of sites out there that could be added). Entries highlighted in blue have been contacted for permission, but presumably no response was received.

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! Site !! Example release !! Cover URL !! Contacted !! Comments
|-
| [http://www.albumartexchange.com/ AlbumArtExchange] || [http://www.albumartexchange.com/covers.php?sort=7&q=korn&fltr=1&bgc=&page=&sng=1 Example] || [http://www.albumartexchange.com/gallery/images/public/ko/korn-follow.jpg Cover] || [[Cover_Art_Sites/Permission#Album_Art_Exchange|No]] || 
|-
| [http://www.allcdcovers.com/ AllCDCovers] || [http://www.allcdcovers.com/show/138673/placebo_battle_for_the_sun_2009_retail_cd Example] || [http://www.allcdcovers.com/download/d1a1f505a8350d3164f9bf9a07dee987/138673/82513965b1853e284bc1b9747740fe18/4a2d2831/placebo_battle_for_the_sun_2009_retail_cd-front Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/main.jsp ArkivMusic] || [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=11179&name_role1=1&genre=70&bcorder=19&comp_id=184754 Example] || [http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/full/55/550338.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|-
|[http://www.cdroots.com cdRoots] || [http://www.cdroots.com/cda-nid.html Example] || [http://www.cdroots.com/cda-nid.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://www.cduniverse.com CD Universe] || [http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1108384&BAB=F Example] || [http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/130/133836.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|- style="background-color: #D4EEEE;"
| [http://www.cede.ch/ cede.ch] || [http://www.cede.ch/en/music-cd/frames/frameset.cfm?aobj=437379 Example] || [http://www.cede.ch/covers/cd/437000/437379.jpg Cover] || Yes ||  
|- style="background-color: #D4EEEE;"
| [http://www.discogs.com Discogs] || [http://www.discogs.com/release/869268 Example] || [http://www.discogs.com/image/R-869268-1167394978.jpeg Cover] || Yes <!-- mnbv0987, 16-dec-2009, via email to kevin lewindowski of discogs.com --> || unavailable via archive.org ([http://www.discogs.com/robots.txt robots.txt exclusion])  
|-
| [http://www.emusic.com eMusic] || [http://www.emusic.com/album/10968/10968583.html Example] || [http://www.emusic.com/img/album/109/685/10968583_155_155.jpeg Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://www.fresh-poulp.net Fresh Poulp Records] || [http://www.fresh-poulp.net/releases/FPR027.html Example] || [http://www.fresh-poulp.net/covers/Algar_steppaction_front.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|- style="background-color: #D4EEEE;"
| [http://www.gospel.nl Gospel.nl] || [http://www.gospel.nl/details.php?artikelID=20924 Example] || [http://www.gospel.nl/images/covers/large/opw20081.jpg Cover] || Yes ||  
|- style="background-color: #D4EEEE;"
| [http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/ Gutsofdarkness.com] || [http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/god/objet.php?objet=5467 Example] || [http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/images/pochettes_200/2351_5467.jpg Cover] || Yes || 
|-
| [http://www.hitmeister.de/ Hitmeister.de] || [http://musik.hitmeister.de/green-day-21st-century-breakdown-10439341/ Example] || [http://static.hmcdn.de/media/item/10/43/93/41/item_L_10439341_11777481.jpg Cover] || No || 
|-
| [http://www.hmv.co.uk/ HMV.co.uk] || [http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=-1;1;-1;-1&sku=534772 Example] || [http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/BEATLUVPRECD.JPG Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://www.hmv.co.jp/ HMV.co.jp] || [http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/1215088 Example] || [http://img.hmv.co.jp/image/jacket/190/12/1/5/088.jpg Cover] || No || 
|-
| [http://www.homegrownmusic.net/ Homegrown Music Network] || [http://www.homegrownmusic.net/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=Vorcza&Category_Code=Vorczahg Example] || [http://homegrownmusic.net/images/vorcza.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://www.iclassics.com iClassics] || [http://www.iclassics.com/productDetail?contentId=64866 Example] || [http://www.iclassics.com/content/assets/selection/65/64866M.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://joshinweb.jp Joshin (web)] || [http://joshinweb.jp/dp/4988006829381.html Example] (JAN) || [http://img.joshinweb.jp/cdshop/img/jacket/org/TOCE/TOCE-55721-6.jpg Cover] (cat.num.) || No || 
|-
| [http://www.juno.co.uk/ Juno Records] || [http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/232113-01.htm Example] || [http://images.juno.co.uk/full/CS232113-01A-BIG.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|-
|- style="background-color: #D4EEEE;"
| [http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm] || [http://www.last.fm/music/Skepticism/Alloy Example] || [http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/11158389.jpg Cover] || Yes || 
|-
| [http://www.musicmeter.nl/ MusicMeter.nl] || [http://www.musicmeter.nl/album/172753 Example] || [http://www.musicmeter.nl/images/covers/172000/172753.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://www.moviemusic.com/ The Movie Music Store] (aka [http://www.soundtrackinfo.com SoundtrackINFO]) || [http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/war2007 Example] || [http://www.moviemusic.com/cdcovers/285/war2007.gif Cover] || No ||  
|-
| [http://www.musicplug.net/ MusicPlug] || [http://www.musicplug.net/cd-jbt-funky.htm Example] || [http://www.musicplug.net/images/CD_jbt-funky.jpg Cover] || No || 
|-
| [http://www.musicstack.com/ MusicStack] || [http://www.musicstack.com/item.cgi?item=146158609 Example] || [http://www.slcd.com/images/a/5/a51099.jpg Cover] || No || 
|-
|- style="background-color: #D4EEEE;"
| [http://www.muziekarchief.be/ Muziekarchief.be] (Belgian encyclopedia for discography) || [http://www.muziekarchief.be/albumdetails.php?ID=45150 Example] || [http://www.muziekarchief.be/thumbnails/carrierdata_16646.jpg Cover] || Yes || In negotiation 
|-
| [http://rateyourmusic.com/ Rate Your Music] || [http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/eddy_grant/greatest_hits/ Example] || [http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s590522.jpg Cover] || No ||  
|- style="background-color: #D4EEEE;"
| [http://www.resonancemusicstore.com/ Resonance Music Store] || [http://www.resonancestore.com/music/dc78be0a-8d5a-102c-bac5-001d09f1418c/MY_TIMING_IS_OFF_FRESH_BLOOD_%5B7%22_VINYL%5D.html Example] || [http://www.resonancestore.com/dimage/1b30b4c4-8d5e-102c-bac5-001d09f1418c/250/250/eels7.jpg Cover] || Yes || 
|-
| [http://www.visi.com/fall/ The Fall online] || [http://www.visi.com/fall/discog/data/album05.html Example] || [http://www.visi.com/fall/discog/pics/heh%20big.jpg Cover] || No || unavailable via archive.org (robots.txt exclusion)
|-
| [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia ] || [http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B0 Example] || [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/c/cb/Aquarium_Careless_Russian_Rover.jpg Cover] || No || 
|-
| [http://www.yalp.alice.it/download/musicstore/hp/index.html Yalp.it] || [http://www.yalp.alice.it/musicstore/scheda?hits=50&offset=0&qs=dc_2-3527774 Example] || [http://images.rossoalice.alice.it/musicbox/images/G/3527774/3527777-100033-l.jpg Cover] || No || 
|-
| [http://global.yesasia.com/ YesAsia.com] || [http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-music/pid-1002851860/ Example] || [http://i3.yesasia.com/assets/60/518/l_p1002851860.jpg Cover] || No || Possible affiliate?
|-
| [http://www.zvuki.ru/ Zvuki.ru] (an online russian music encyclopedia) || [http://www.zvuki.ru/M/P/31357 Example] || [http://www.zvuki.ru/photo/b/24388/picture.jpg Cover] || No || Embeds logo into coverart (a no-go?)
|}