Does deleting music files thru iTunes affect cloud/other iTunes libraries?

I want to get almost all my music files off my MacBook Air. I have read on here that I should delete them thru iTunes, not through Finder. So if I go in iTunes and delete the files, does this affect what's in my iTunes account in the cloud and what I can access from other computers? I want to get it off this hard drive, not get it out of my iTunes account altogether. I still want to be able to access everything from my desktop, iPhone, etc.

Is there any way i can grab the Download Album Art from any other iTunes store other than the UK store, so that the artwork isn't embedded into the music files themselves?
I don't think that is necessary.
I'm bound to the Dutch iTS, but I also got artwork from albums that are not available at the Dutch iTS.
I guess the artwork request is forwarded to a central location (US iTS?) to get the artwork, but it's just a guess. I haven't found any information about how it exactly works.
If your experience is differently, the above does not have to be true for the UK iTS.
It would seem that i need to have accounts at the other iTunes stores which doesn't seem to be allowed, but is there any backdoor way of doing it?
To create an account at another country's Store, you need a CC with a billing address in that country. It is set up that way because the right holders of songs can differ in another country and they all want a piece of the pie.
This topic explains a bit.
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