Where does album art come from?

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Where does album art come from?

I had assumed that the album artwork that iTunes 7 provided would only be from music available on iTunes. It made sense; no Beatles artwork, no AC/DC, no Led Zep. However, some albums that aren't available at the iTunes store automatically appear. Most notably, of all things, the album "Conquer the Video Craze"; an obscure record that teaches you how to play Pac-Man and Stargate. When I saw that THIS appeared, I started checking others. There are a lot of albums that aren't available on iTunes, yet the artwork is downloaded. Where does it come from?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Nov 11, 2006 3:19 PM

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macmenno

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Nov 11, 2006 4:15 PM in response to Community User

I also could download artwork of albums which are not available in the Dutch iTunes Store (the only one available for my purchases).
Searching in other Stores I found the albums, so I guess the artwork has to be stored on a central server or the artwork request is redirected to others Stores' servers.
No information is known to me where it actually comes from.

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