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The browser literally highlights the selection so that seems like a solved problem.

I'm in favor of two-tier system where rich applications require permission for enhanced clipboard events but the average site will just copy what is selected without modification.

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>The browser literally highlights the selection so that seems like a solved problem.

It's nowhere close to a solved problem, and is much more complex than this. Give a read through the comments in the OP for a taste of why.

I did; it sounded mostly hand-wavy.

Maybe there are deep reasons why it's impossible, but they are not well presented in the OP, unfortunately.

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