diff --git a/picard/formats/id3.py b/picard/formats/id3.py
index 67deb71d5..6a44a26dc 100644
--- a/picard/formats/id3.py
+++ b/picard/formats/id3.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from picard.metadata import Metadata
 from picard.file import File
 from picard.formats.mutagenext import compatid3
 from picard.util import encode_filename, sanitize_date
+from urlparse import urlparse
 
 
 # Ugly, but... I need to save the text in ISO-8859-1 even if it contains
@@ -286,11 +287,11 @@ class ID3File(File):
             elif name in self.__rtranslate:
                 frameid = self.__rtranslate[name]
                 if frameid.startswith('W'):
-                    # Only add WCOP if there is only one license, otherwise use TXXX:LICENSE
-                    if frameid == 'WCOP' and len(values) > 1:
-                        tags.add(id3.TXXX(encoding=encoding, desc=self.__rtranslate_freetext[name], text=values))
-                    else:
+                    # Only add WCOP if there is only one license URL, otherwise use TXXX:LICENSE
+                    if frameid == 'WCOP' and len(values) == 1 and all(urlparse(values[0])[:2]):
                         tags.add(getattr(id3, frameid)(url=values[0]))
+                    else:
+                        tags.add(id3.TXXX(encoding=encoding, desc=self.__rtranslate_freetext[name], text=values))
                 elif frameid.startswith('T'):
                     tags.add(getattr(id3, frameid)(encoding=encoding, text=values))
             elif name in self.__rtranslate_freetext: