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Originally Posted by dwanthny
In the spirit of your request I'm going to update the 6 recipes I maintain with cover images and submit them to Kovid for the next release. If I need to host them I'll use Google's Picasa because I know the links will always work.
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It's nice to know that a link to a cover image will always work, but be aware that the cover is probably copyrighted. When a user runs a recipe, the user is obtaining only material that the copyright owner has made available to the public on the web. If the copyright owner does not want that material made available, they are free to remove it, and the recipe immediately respects that decision and can't get the material.
Making a copy of copyrighted material, then hosting it yourself brings you into the loop between the recipe user and the source material of the recipe. It removes the copyright owner's control over their material and places you in the position of hosting copyrighted material without the owner's permission.
I applaud your desire to keep the cover always available, but it's probably not a really good idea (unless the cover is your own work). If it suddenly becomes unavailable, there's likely to be a good reason for it.