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Beware of the Finder™!
As seen in this wonderful previous hint, comments are not stored directly in the file itself, but in the invisible .DS_Store file in the same directory. While the Finder takes care of copying the comment information along with the file, you would presumably lose the comments while copying the file with other applications or command line tools (CpMac, ditto, rsync, [insert your favorite geek tool]).
Beware of the Finder™!
This hint is talking about using the MP3 comments field, which is a special feature of MP3 files. The comment is indeed permanently stored in the MP3 file itself. You can verify that (if you really want to) by entering data in the "Comments" box in the iTunes "Info" dialog, clicking on OK, and then examining the file on the command line: open Terminal, cd to the directory that contains the file, and type this command:
If you page down a couple of times, you'll see the text you entered in the Comments box.
Note that the MP3 comments field is not the same as the "Comments" box in Finder's "Get Info" dialog.
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