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This episode deals with the annoying, and frustrating practice of disabling copy and paste on websites through the use of javascript. 
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For a detailed explanation of the why please read this excellent article by Nicholas Miller
<a href="https://digiwonk.wonderhowto.com/how-to/re-enable-copy-paste-annoying-sites-block-0155910/"  target="_blank">Re-Enable Copy &amp; Paste on Annoying Sites That Block It</a>. In this article Nicholas explains that you can set <strong>dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled</strong> in Firefox to prevent this. 
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In Chrome, you are going to need to install extensions to get the same functionality. The following ones worked for me:
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<li><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/allow-copy/abidndjnodakeaicodfpgcnlkpppapah"  target="_blank">Allow Copy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dont-fuck-with-paste/nkgllhigpcljnhoakjkgaieabnkmgdkb"  target="_blank">Don't Fuck With Paste</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.troyhunt.com/the-cobra-effect-that-is-disabling/">https://www.troyhunt.com/the-cobra-effect-that-is-disabling/</a>
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