AWTPermission "accessClipboard" issue in JRE 1.6.0_07

Question

Is AWTPermission check of "accessClipboard" removed from Java Applet AWTEvent event processing in JRE 1.6.0_07?
In JRE 1.6.0_07, I can now copy from JTextArea to system clipboard, without signing the applet and without granting the AWTPermission "accessClipboard" in java.policy.
In JRE 1.6.0_04, it didn’t allow copy unless you sign the jar or grant the permission.
Is this a security bug in JRE 1.6.0_07? Or is it a new feature?
My second question is about EventQueue class. I used the following code to subclass EventQueue and register it to Event stack.
In JRE 1.6.0_07, this code doesn’t allow copy from JTextArea to system clipboard unless I sign the jar or grant the "accessClipboard" permission in java.policy.
Is this expected? Is there any way to get around jar signing or granting permission?
Thanks in advance
class MyEQ extends EventQueue {
  protected void register (){
    Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemEventQueue().push(this);
  protected void dispatchEvent(AWTEvent e) {
    doProcess(e);
    super.dispatchEvent(e);
  private void doProcess(AWTEvent e) {
}

Answer 1

Reposted in the AWT forum.
[http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5334933]