diff -ur vorbis-tools-1.1.1/vorbiscomment/vcomment.c vorbis-tools-1.1.1.whats/vorbiscomment/vcomment.c
--- vorbis-tools-1.1.1/vorbiscomment/vcomment.c 2008-04-09 11:47:57.000000000 -0500
+++ vorbis-tools-1.1.1.whats/vorbiscomment/vcomment.c   2008-04-09 05:53:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 
        value = line;
        while (value < mark) {
-               if(*value < 0x20 || *value > 0x7d || *value == 0x3d) return -1;
+//             if(*value < 0x20 || *value > 0x7d || *value == 0x3d) return -1;
                value++;
        }
 
@@ -263,17 +263,19 @@
         vorbis_comment_add_tag(vc, line, value);
         return 0;
     }
+       else {
        /* convert the value from the native charset to UTF-8 */
-    else if (utf8_encode(value, &utf8_value) >= 0) {
+//    else if (utf8_encode(value, &utf8_value) >= 0) {
 
                /* append the comment and return */
-               vorbis_comment_add_tag(vc, line, utf8_value);
-        free(utf8_value);
+//             vorbis_comment_add_tag(vc, line, utf8_value);
+               vorbis_comment_add_tag(vc, line, value);
+  //      free(utf8_value);
                return 0;
-       } else {
-               fprintf(stderr, _("Couldn't convert comment to UTF-8, "
-                       "cannot add\n"));
-               return -1;
+//     } else {
+//             fprintf(stderr, _("Couldn't convert comment to UTF-8, "
+//                     "cannot add\n"));
+//             return -1;
        }
 }