Artwork Guidelines
The digital stores artwork guidelines do not allow the attributes listed below:
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Website URL
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Social network symbols or information (i.e., Facebook links, Twitter handles, etc).
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Contact information (i.e., email addresses, phone number).
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Pornographic images
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Pricing information
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Copyrighted images
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Scan of a CD (it must be retail-ready artwork).
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UPC barcodes
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Tribute albums where the original artist name is as large as or larger than the performing artist
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The cover art refers to physical or digital versions of the album (i.e., CD, Disc, Digital Exclusive, Digital Version, etc).
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The cover image is blurry, pixilated or has other quality issues
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The cover art promises content that the album doesn't contain (i.e., "includes DVD", "includes free stickers", etc).
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The cover art up-sells to another product (i.e., merch, other albums by same artist, etc).
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The cover art claims to be an exclusive of one of the digital stores without their permission (i.e., iTunes™ Exclusive, Only on Amazon MP3, etc).