diff --git a/picard/formats/id3.py b/picard/formats/id3.py
index 3568fc664..f4b8f2ae9 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
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ class ID3File(File):
         'TMED': 'media',
         'TBPM': 'bpm',
         'WOAR': 'website',
+        'WCOP': 'license',
         'TSRC': 'isrc',
         'TENC': 'encodedby',
         'TCOP': 'copyright',
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ class ID3File(File):
         'Acoustid Fingerprint': 'acoustid_fingerprint',
         'Acoustid Id': 'acoustid_id',
         'SCRIPT': 'script',
+        'LICENSE': 'license',
         'CATALOGNUMBER': 'catalognumber',
         'BARCODE': 'barcode',
         'ASIN': 'asin',
@@ -287,7 +290,11 @@ class ID3File(File):
             elif name in self.__rtranslate:
                 frameid = self.__rtranslate[name]
                 if frameid.startswith('W'):
-                    tags.add(getattr(id3, frameid)(url=values[0]))
+                    # 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))
                     if frameid == 'TSOA':
diff --git a/picard/formats/mp4.py b/picard/formats/mp4.py
index 7063cc08f..e85a426cf 100644
--- a/picard/formats/mp4.py
+++ b/picard/formats/mp4.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class MP4File(File):
         "----:com.apple.iTunes:ISRC": "isrc",
         "----:com.apple.iTunes:MEDIA": "media",
         "----:com.apple.iTunes:LABEL": "label",
+        "----:com.apple.iTunes:LICENSE": "license",
         "----:com.apple.iTunes:CATALOGNUMBER": "catalognumber",
         "----:com.apple.iTunes:SUBTITLE": "subtitle",
         "----:com.apple.iTunes:DISCSUBTITLE": "discsubtitle",
diff --git a/picard/mbxml.py b/picard/mbxml.py
index 2efcf6ff7..dc33a0d00 100644
--- a/picard/mbxml.py
+++ b/picard/mbxml.py
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ def _relations_to_metadata(relation_lists, m, config):
                     match = AMAZON_ASIN_URL_REGEX.match(url)
                     if match is not None and 'asin' not in m:
                         m['asin'] = match.group(2)
+                if relation.type == 'license':
+                    url = relation.target[0].text
+                    m.add('license', url)
 
 
 def _translate_artist_node(node, config=None):
diff --git a/picard/util/tags.py b/picard/util/tags.py
index 06115ae20..716784e39 100644
--- a/picard/util/tags.py
+++ b/picard/util/tags.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ tag_names = {
     'mood': N_('Mood'),
     'bpm': N_('BPM'),
     'copyright': N_('Copyright'),
+    'license': N_('License'),
     'composer': N_('Composer'),
     'conductor': N_('Conductor'),
     'lyricist': N_('Lyricist'),