Can i delete the original photos and still keep them in iphoto?

My family has a ton of photos in several computers. I want to put it all in iphoto in my mac to keep it organized. But i have read other forums that iphoto COPIES the original photo file into iphoto.
Is it possible to have all the photos in iphoto without having an extra set in the computer's hard drive? For example, having 100 GB of photos (50 GB hard drive, 50 GB iphoto) doesn't make sense...
any help is greatly appreciated

In case the iphoto library goes screwy for whatever reason, you've got them still. Personally, I find it hard to trust that single, packed library (inexperience and paranoia talking, granted).
Just to clarify.
The iPhoto Library is a package. What's a package? It's a folder. It has the same properties as every other folder on your Mac except one. It looks like a file. That's the only difference.
It takes an extra step to open it: Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. See? Just a Folder with other folders inside.
Don't change anything in the iPhoto Library Folder via the Finder or any other application. iPhoto depends on the structure as well as the contents of this folder. Moving things, renaming things or otherwise making changes will prevent iPhoto from working and could even cause you to damage or lose your photos.
Regards
TD

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4083
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486:
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