ITunes Library VS other Music Folder

Hi,
Situation:
- I pasted a folder (named mymusic) full of music files (mp3) and movie files, to my Mac Book Pro (MBP).
- I opened iTunes for the fiirst time and asked iTunes to search for media files and orgnaized the library with "Reorganized files int the folder iTunes Media".
- So Now I have two folders containig the same files. One is in the iTunes Media Folder, and the other one is the original folder (mymusic).
My question:
Can I delete the original 'mymusic' folder?
If I delete mymusic folder, will all my music remains safe in the iTunes Media folder?
If Yes, then what about the artwork (album cover image)?
I put album covers images in mymusic folder. If I delete the folder, will the cover image stays safely in iTunes Media folder?
Thanks.

erocky wrote:
orgnaized the library with "Reorganized files int the folder iTunes Media".
According to iTunes Help:
"To create folders (Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and so on) inside your iTunes folder, and place all your imported media files in the appropriate folders, select 'Reorganize files.'"
That means that the files are copied into the iTunes folder. Once the copy is done, there is no further connection to the source files, and they can be deleted.

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