Greasemonkey script (or Firefox extension) to stop sites from disabling copy-paste?

Question

Is there a GreaseMonkey script to disable the JavaScript-disabling of copy-paste in Firefox (3.0)? Or should I just run NoScript or some other extension on any site that attempts this (other things might break...)?

[rant] Absolutely the worst "clever" use of JavaScript. Fortunately Safari is more usable and ignores the JavaScript hack that disables copy-paste. Who at Mozilla thought that was acceptable whatsoever? For shame. By the way, which browser added this "feature" first, IE? [/rant]

Solution 1

The (dead link) Anti-Disabler script on diveintogreasemonkey.org works if you replace document. with document.wrappedJSObject.

Link appears to be dead now, here's a wayback link: http://web.archive.org/web/20110830050224/http://diveintogreasemonkey.org/download/antidisabler.user.js

and here's the script:

// Anti-Disabler
// version 0.5 BETA!
// 2005-06-28
// Copyright (c) 2005, Mark Pilgrim
// Released under the GPL license
// http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
//
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// This is a Greasemonkey user script.
//
// To install, you need Greasemonkey: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
// Then restart Firefox and revisit this script.
// Under Tools, there will be a new menu item to "Install User Script".
// Accept the default configuration and install.
//
// To uninstall, go to Tools/Manage User Scripts,
// select "Anti-Disabler", and click Uninstall.
//
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// ==UserScript==
// @name          Anti-Disabler
// @namespace     http://diveintomark.org/projects/greasemonkey/
// @description   restore context menus on sites that try to disable them
// @include       *
// @exclude       http://mail.google.com/*
// @exclude       https://mail.google.com/*
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    var e, i, all;

    document.onmouseup = null;
    document.onmousedown = null;
    document.oncontextmenu = null;

    all = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
    for (i = 0; i < all.length; i += 1) {
        e = all[i];
        e.onmouseup = null;
        e.onmousedown = null;
        e.oncontextmenu = null;
    }
})();

//
// ChangeLog
// 2005-06-28 - 0.5 - MAP - updated GMail URL
// 2005-04-21 - 0.4 - MAP - linted
// 2005-04-21 - 0.3 - MAP - exclude GMail
// 2005-04-18 - 0.2 - MAP - tidy code
// 2005-04-01 - 0.1 - MAP - initial release
//

Solution 2

I don't often toot my own horn. I actually was searching if anyone had a better method than my script:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/131063

Ultimately, I'd like there be an option within the browser that blocks javascript entries to onpaste events.

Comments

[Admin]

you better not be copying and pasting any of this content, mister!

[Admin]

Sadly the people who do this probably don't have content anyone would want to steal any way.

[Admin]

If it's pictures you're trying to copy, a nice print screen does the job. Sometimes, I'll copy a web page window to clipboard, crop the image I want in Photoshop, and then email it to the webmaster =D. For text, though, I guess you might need something else.

[Sam Hasler]

The Greasemonkey script on that page didn't work on the one site I tried it on.

[Sam Hasler]

To be specific, it won't defeat the script on this page: jsbin.com/icozi

[Furqat Ubaydullayev]

And that's why I hate link-only-answers... your link is dead!

[Sam Hasler]

@Burkhard Fixed

[Kevin Fegan]

Well, this is a very old answer (and question). I'm using Firefox v37.0.2. There is no "Advanced JavaScript Settings", and no option to stop scripts from "Disabling or replacing context menus".

[Kevin Fegan]

I understand this is an old answer. Just a note that it doesn't seem to completely work on postcalc.usps.com. In the "Zip-Code" fields: Cut works from the context menu and the keyboard ("Ctrl-x" or "Shift-Del"). Copy works from the context menu and the keyboard ("Ctrl-c" or "Ctrl-Ins"). Paste works from the context menu and the keyboard ("Ctrl-v"), but NOT from keyboard ("Shift-Ins").

[KingRider]

web official is dead, its source 2005?! ... look a source 2014 -> userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/review/30096

[Admin]

This is the only solution that worked for UPS's silly disabling service of those that I have tried (userscripts, disabling JS).

[zaTricky]

In case you have an update, userscripts.org was shut down in 2014