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HTML

<div id="pastearea" onpaste="plainjsOnPaste()" />
<img id="dest" src="" />

CSS

#pastearea {
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: blue;
}

JavaScript

/*$(function () {
    $('#pastearea').bind('paste', function (e) {
        var blob = e.originalEvent.clipboardData.items[0].getAsFile();
        console.debug(blob);
        var reader = new FileReader();
        reader.onload = readerLoaded;

        reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
    });
});

function readerLoaded(e) {
    $('#dest').attr('src', e.target.result);
}*/

function plainjsOnPaste(e) {
    console.log("blahblahblah");
    console.log(e);   
}