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Originally Posted by Gigablah
I can't check right now, but what size does RYM limit the scans to? We could use that as a guideline, since RYM is massive (and much more exposed since it also catalogs mainstream pop).
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Small thumbnails (shown while searching) are 50x50.
Medium thumbnails (shown while on an album listing or in the "Buy this album" page) are around 300x300 pixels, give or take a few pixels.
Large thumbnails (shown when you click on "View cover art" on the "Buy this album" page) are 600x600 pixels maximum.
Anything larger than 600x600 gets scaled down to that. THAT gets resized to the three sizes above. Smaller images get upscaled for medium thumbnail use, but the large thumbnails are never larger than the original source.
In my opinion, 600x600 as a maximum image size for the front cover for logged-out users works. Anything else should use lower resolution thumbnails unless the user is logged in. But to be honest, the current system works perfectly. If any copyright owners complain about the images, then just take them down at their request. There really shouldn't be a reason to be worried since this site is completely legit and does not distribute anything illegal.