Album art not modifiable

i get my music from limewire and i was wondering how can i modify the art i try to use album cover finder and it finds the art but i cant modify it could anybody please help?

i was wondering how
can i modify the art
Like Steve said...
And there's a nicer way using drag and drop straight from a web page to do a whole album in one go.
1)_In the bottom left of iTunes, there's a little window, the one where videos play and artwork is shown. If it says 'Now Playing', click on the 'Now Playing' text till it says 'Selected Song'. If it says 'Selected Song' leave it as it is.
2) In your library, select all the songs from an album, or all the songs for which you want the same artwork.
3) Go to amazon.com or wherever you get your album images from. It could be somewhere on your hard disk.
4) Drag the artwork from amazon.com or your hard-disk into the 'Selected Song' window. iTunes will now set the artwork for the whole album!!!
Magic!

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