When jQuery creates a new event object, the clipboardData property is not copied to the new object.

This means that when you try and bind a paste event, it won't be very useful, as event.clipboardData is empty, so you can't process the contents of the clipboard.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Here's a small example:

$(document).ready(function () {
  $(".my-text-field").each(function(){
    $(this).bind("paste", foo);
    this.addEventListener("paste", bar, false);
  });
});

function foo(e) {
  alert("foo:" + e.clipboardData);
  alert("foo: clipboard text is:" + e.clipboardData.getData("text/plain"));
}
function bar(e) {
  alert("bar:" + e.clipboardData.getData("text/plain"));
  alert("bar: clipboard text is:" + e.clipboardData.getData("text/plain"));
}

Here's a working example of the reduction:

http://pastie.org/pastes/618082

WORKAROUND

Insert this line before running any of your code:

jQuery.event.props.push('clipboardData');