diff --git a/src/LabelTrack.cpp b/src/LabelTrack.cpp
index 57a22d7ae..92280ed17 100644
--- a/src/LabelTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/LabelTrack.cpp
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ Track::Holder LabelTrack::SplitCut(double t0, double t1)
 }
 #endif
 
-Track::Holder LabelTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1) const
+Track::Holder LabelTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1, bool) const
 {
    auto tmp = std::make_unique<LabelTrack>(GetDirManager());
    const auto lt = static_cast<LabelTrack*>(tmp.get());
diff --git a/src/LabelTrack.h b/src/LabelTrack.h
index 053ea12d4..1f9b1fd9c 100644
--- a/src/LabelTrack.h
+++ b/src/LabelTrack.h
@@ -155,11 +155,7 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API LabelTrack final : public Track
 #endif
 
    Track::Holder Cut  (double t0, double t1) override;
-   // JKC Do not add the const modifier to Copy(), Clear()
-   // or Paste() because then it
-   // is no longer recognised as a virtual function matching the
-   // one in Track.
-   Track::Holder Copy (double t0, double t1) const override;
+   Track::Holder Copy (double t0, double t1, bool forClipboard = true) const override;
    bool Clear(double t0, double t1) override;
    bool Paste(double t, const Track * src) override;
    bool Repeat(double t0, double t1, int n);
diff --git a/src/Menus.cpp b/src/Menus.cpp
index e5ba71083..a7d81acf7 100644
--- a/src/Menus.cpp
+++ b/src/Menus.cpp
@@ -4789,8 +4789,9 @@ void AudacityProject::OnDuplicate()
 
    while (n) {
       if (n->GetSelected()) {
+         // Make copies not for clipboard but for direct addition to the project
          auto dest = n->Copy(mViewInfo.selectedRegion.t0(),
-                 mViewInfo.selectedRegion.t1());
+                 mViewInfo.selectedRegion.t1(), false);
          if (dest) {
             dest->Init(*n);
             dest->SetOffset(wxMax(mViewInfo.selectedRegion.t0(), n->GetOffset()));
diff --git a/src/NoteTrack.cpp b/src/NoteTrack.cpp
index 5e6f97d82..3bcf57e6b 100644
--- a/src/NoteTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/NoteTrack.cpp
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ Track::Holder NoteTrack::Cut(double t0, double t1)
    return std::move(newTrack);
 }
 
-Track::Holder NoteTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1) const
+Track::Holder NoteTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1, bool) const
 {
    if (t1 <= t0)
       return{};
diff --git a/src/NoteTrack.h b/src/NoteTrack.h
index fafdb6dff..30a034f22 100644
--- a/src/NoteTrack.h
+++ b/src/NoteTrack.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API NoteTrack final : public Track {
 
    // High-level editing
    Track::Holder Cut  (double t0, double t1) override;
-   Track::Holder Copy (double t0, double t1) const override;
+   Track::Holder Copy (double t0, double t1, bool forClipboard = true) const override;
    bool Trim (double t0, double t1) /* not override */;
    bool Clear(double t0, double t1) override;
    bool Paste(double t, const Track *src) override;
diff --git a/src/Project.cpp b/src/Project.cpp
index 7517e4df0..4804d040e 100644
--- a/src/Project.cpp
+++ b/src/Project.cpp
@@ -4905,6 +4905,7 @@ void AudacityProject::EditClipboardByLabel( EditDestFunction action )
       if( n->GetKind() == Track::Wave && ( allTracks || n->GetSelected() ) )
       {
          WaveTrack *wt = ( WaveTrack* )n;
+         // This track accumulates the needed clips, right to left:
          Track::Holder merged;
          for( int i = (int)regions.size() - 1; i >= 0; i-- )
          {
@@ -4923,6 +4924,11 @@ void AudacityProject::EditClipboardByLabel( EditDestFunction action )
                      merged->Offset(
                         regions.at(i + 1).start - region.end);
 
+                  // dest may have a placeholder clip at the end that is
+                  // removed when pasting, which is okay because we proceed
+                  // right to left.  Any placeholder already in merged is kept.
+                  // Only the rightmost placeholder is important in the final
+                  // result.
                   bool bResult = merged->Paste( 0.0 , dest.get() );
                   wxASSERT(bResult); // TO DO: Actually handle this.
                   wxUnusedVar(bResult);
diff --git a/src/Sequence.cpp b/src/Sequence.cpp
index 47d23053e..6c7baab15 100644
--- a/src/Sequence.cpp
+++ b/src/Sequence.cpp
@@ -385,12 +385,10 @@ bool Sequence::GetRMS(sampleCount start, sampleCount len,
    return true;
 }
 
-bool Sequence::Copy(sampleCount s0, sampleCount s1, std::unique_ptr<Sequence> &dest) const
+std::unique_ptr<Sequence> Sequence::Copy(sampleCount s0, sampleCount s1) const
 {
-   dest.reset();
-
    if (s0 >= s1 || s0 >= mNumSamples || s1 < 0)
-      return false;
+      return {};
 
    int numBlocks = mBlock.size();
 
@@ -402,7 +400,7 @@ bool Sequence::Copy(sampleCount s0, sampleCount s1, std::unique_ptr<Sequence> &d
    wxUnusedVar(numBlocks);
    wxASSERT(b0 <= b1);
 
-   dest = std::make_unique<Sequence>(mDirManager, mSampleFormat);
+   auto dest = std::make_unique<Sequence>(mDirManager, mSampleFormat);
    dest->mBlock.reserve(b1 - b0 + 1);
 
    SampleBuffer buffer(mMaxSamples, mSampleFormat);
@@ -445,7 +443,10 @@ bool Sequence::Copy(sampleCount s0, sampleCount s1, std::unique_ptr<Sequence> &d
          dest->AppendBlock(block); // Increase ref count or duplicate file
    }
 
-   return ConsistencyCheck(wxT("Sequence::Copy()"));
+   if (! ConsistencyCheck(wxT("Sequence::Copy()")))
+      return {};
+
+   return dest;
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/src/Sequence.h b/src/Sequence.h
index 5c2cdc0b7..716882739 100644
--- a/src/Sequence.h
+++ b/src/Sequence.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class PROFILE_DLL_API Sequence final : public XMLTagHandler{
    bool GetWaveDisplay(float *min, float *max, float *rms, int* bl,
                        size_t len, const sampleCount *where);
 
-   bool Copy(sampleCount s0, sampleCount s1, std::unique_ptr<Sequence> &dest) const;
+   std::unique_ptr<Sequence> Copy(sampleCount s0, sampleCount s1) const;
    bool Paste(sampleCount s0, const Sequence *src);
 
    size_t GetIdealAppendLen() const;
diff --git a/src/Track.h b/src/Track.h
index cc18b309b..64a8fe05a 100644
--- a/src/Track.h
+++ b/src/Track.h
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API Track /* not final */ : public XMLTagHandler
    virtual Holder Cut(double WXUNUSED(t0), double WXUNUSED(t1)) { return{}; }
 
    // Create a NEW track and don't modify this track (or return null for failure)
-   virtual Holder Copy(double WXUNUSED(t0), double WXUNUSED(t1)) const { return{}; }
+   // Note that subclasses may want to distinguish tracks stored in a clipboard
+   // from those stored in a project
+   virtual Holder Copy
+      (double WXUNUSED(t0), double WXUNUSED(t1), bool forClipboard = true) const
+   { return{}; }
 
    // Return true for success
    virtual bool Clear(double WXUNUSED(t0), double WXUNUSED(t1)) {return false;}
diff --git a/src/WaveClip.cpp b/src/WaveClip.cpp
index 00c7ef09a..ed13caafd 100644
--- a/src/WaveClip.cpp
+++ b/src/WaveClip.cpp
@@ -300,21 +300,22 @@ static void ComputeSpectrumUsingRealFFTf
    }
 }
 
-WaveClip::WaveClip(const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager, sampleFormat format, int rate)
+WaveClip::WaveClip(const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager,
+                   sampleFormat format, int rate)
 {
-   mOffset = 0;
    mRate = rate;
    mSequence = std::make_unique<Sequence>(projDirManager, format);
+
    mEnvelope = std::make_unique<Envelope>();
+
    mWaveCache = std::make_unique<WaveCache>();
    mSpecCache = std::make_unique<SpecCache>();
    mSpecPxCache = std::make_unique<SpecPxCache>(1);
-   mAppendBufferLen = 0;
-   mDirty = 0;
-   mIsPlaceholder = false;
 }
 
-WaveClip::WaveClip(const WaveClip& orig, const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager)
+WaveClip::WaveClip(const WaveClip& orig,
+                   const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager,
+                   bool copyCutlines)
 {
    // essentially a copy constructor - but you must pass in the
    // current project's DirManager, because we might be copying
@@ -323,22 +324,69 @@ WaveClip::WaveClip(const WaveClip& orig, const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &proj
    mOffset = orig.mOffset;
    mRate = orig.mRate;
    mSequence = std::make_unique<Sequence>(*orig.mSequence, projDirManager);
+
    mEnvelope = std::make_unique<Envelope>();
    mEnvelope->Paste(0.0, orig.mEnvelope.get());
    mEnvelope->SetOffset(orig.GetOffset());
    mEnvelope->SetTrackLen((orig.mSequence->GetNumSamples().as_double()) / orig.mRate);
+
    mWaveCache = std::make_unique<WaveCache>();
    mSpecCache = std::make_unique<SpecCache>();
    mSpecPxCache = std::make_unique<SpecPxCache>(1);
 
-   for (const auto &clip: orig.mCutLines)
-      mCutLines.push_back(make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, projDirManager));
+   if ( copyCutlines )
+      for (const auto &clip: orig.mCutLines)
+         mCutLines.push_back
+            ( make_movable<WaveClip>( *clip, projDirManager, true ) );
 
-   mAppendBufferLen = 0;
-   mDirty = 0;
    mIsPlaceholder = orig.GetIsPlaceholder();
 }
 
+WaveClip::WaveClip(const WaveClip& orig,
+                   const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager,
+                   bool copyCutlines,
+                   double t0, double t1)
+{
+   // Copy only a range of the other WaveClip
+
+   mOffset = orig.mOffset;
+   mRate = orig.mRate;
+
+   mWaveCache = std::make_unique<WaveCache>();
+   mSpecCache = std::make_unique<SpecCache>();
+   mSpecPxCache = std::make_unique<SpecPxCache>(1);
+
+   mIsPlaceholder = orig.GetIsPlaceholder();
+
+   sampleCount s0, s1;
+
+   orig.TimeToSamplesClip(t0, &s0);
+   orig.TimeToSamplesClip(t1, &s1);
+
+   mSequence = orig.mSequence->Copy(s0, s1);
+
+   mEnvelope = std::make_unique<Envelope>();
+   mEnvelope->CopyFrom(orig.mEnvelope.get(),
+                       mOffset + s0.as_double()/mRate,
+                       mOffset + s1.as_double()/mRate);
+
+   if ( copyCutlines )
+      // Copy cutline clips that fall in the range
+      for (const auto &ppClip : orig.mCutLines)
+      {
+         const WaveClip* clip = ppClip.get();
+         double cutlinePosition = orig.mOffset + clip->GetOffset();
+         if (cutlinePosition >= t0 && cutlinePosition <= t1)
+         {
+            auto newCutLine =
+               make_movable< WaveClip >( *clip, projDirManager, true );
+            newCutLine->SetOffset( cutlinePosition - t0 );
+            mCutLines.push_back(std::move(newCutLine));
+         }
+      }
+}
+
+
 WaveClip::~WaveClip()
 {
 }
@@ -1277,6 +1325,9 @@ bool WaveClip::GetRMS(float *rms, double t0,
 
 void WaveClip::ConvertToSampleFormat(sampleFormat format)
 {
+   // Note:  it is not necessary to do this recursively to cutlines.
+   // They get converted as needed when they are expanded.
+
    bool bChanged;
    bool bResult = mSequence->ConvertToSampleFormat(format, &bChanged);
    if (bResult && bChanged)
@@ -1477,30 +1528,6 @@ void WaveClip::WriteXML(XMLWriter &xmlFile) const
    xmlFile.EndTag(wxT("waveclip"));
 }
 
-bool WaveClip::CreateFromCopy(double t0, double t1, const WaveClip* other)
-{
-   sampleCount s0, s1;
-
-   other->TimeToSamplesClip(t0, &s0);
-   other->TimeToSamplesClip(t1, &s1);
-
-   std::unique_ptr<Sequence> oldSequence = std::move(mSequence);
-   if (!other->mSequence->Copy(s0, s1, mSequence))
-   {
-      mSequence = std::move(oldSequence);
-      return false;
-   }
-
-   mEnvelope = std::make_unique<Envelope>();
-   mEnvelope->CopyFrom(other->mEnvelope.get(),
-      mOffset + s0.as_double()/mRate,
-      mOffset + s1.as_double()/mRate);
-
-   MarkChanged();
-
-   return true;
-}
-
 bool WaveClip::Paste(double t0, const WaveClip* other)
 {
    const bool clipNeedsResampling = other->mRate != mRate;
@@ -1512,7 +1539,7 @@ bool WaveClip::Paste(double t0, const WaveClip* other)
    if (clipNeedsResampling || clipNeedsNewFormat)
    {
       newClip =
-         std::make_unique<WaveClip>(*other, mSequence->GetDirManager());
+         std::make_unique<WaveClip>(*other, mSequence->GetDirManager(), true);
       if (clipNeedsResampling)
          // The other clip's rate is different from ours, so resample
          if (!newClip->Resample(mRate))
@@ -1542,7 +1569,11 @@ bool WaveClip::Paste(double t0, const WaveClip* other)
       for (const auto &cutline: pastedClip->mCutLines)
       {
          mCutLines.push_back(
-            make_movable<WaveClip>(*cutline, mSequence->GetDirManager()));
+            make_movable<WaveClip>
+               ( *cutline, mSequence->GetDirManager(),
+                 // Recursively copy cutlines of cutlines.  They don't need
+                 // their offsets adjusted.
+                 true));
          mCutLines.back()->Offset(t0 - mOffset);
       }
 
@@ -1635,32 +1666,23 @@ bool WaveClip::ClearAndAddCutLine(double t0, double t1)
    if (t0 > GetEndTime() || t1 < GetStartTime())
       return true; // time out of bounds
 
-   auto newClip = make_movable<WaveClip>
-      (mSequence->GetDirManager(), mSequence->GetSampleFormat(), mRate);
-   double clip_t0 = t0;
-   double clip_t1 = t1;
-   if (clip_t0 < GetStartTime())
-      clip_t0 = GetStartTime();
-   if (clip_t1 > GetEndTime())
-      clip_t1 = GetEndTime();
+   const double clip_t0 = std::max( t0, GetStartTime() );
+   const double clip_t1 = std::min( t1, GetEndTime() );
+
+   auto newClip = make_movable<WaveClip>
+      (*this, mSequence->GetDirManager(), true, clip_t0, clip_t1);
 
-   newClip->SetOffset(this->mOffset);
-   if (!newClip->CreateFromCopy(clip_t0, clip_t1, this))
-      return false;
    newClip->SetOffset(clip_t0-mOffset);
 
-   // Sort out cutlines that belong to the NEW cutline
+   // Remove cutlines from this clip that were in the selection, shift
+   // left those that were after the selection
    // May DELETE as we iterate, so don't use range-for
    for (auto it = mCutLines.begin(); it != mCutLines.end();)
    {
       WaveClip* clip = it->get();
       double cutlinePosition = mOffset + clip->GetOffset();
       if (cutlinePosition >= t0 && cutlinePosition <= t1)
-      {
-         clip->SetOffset(cutlinePosition - newClip->GetOffset() - mOffset);
-         newClip->mCutLines.push_back(std::move(*it)); // transfer ownership!!
          it = mCutLines.erase(it);
-      }
       else
       {
          if (cutlinePosition >= t1)
@@ -1755,11 +1777,6 @@ bool WaveClip::RemoveCutLine(double cutLinePosition)
    return false;
 }
 
-void WaveClip::RemoveAllCutLines()
-{
-   mCutLines.clear();
-}
-
 void WaveClip::OffsetCutLines(double t0, double len)
 {
    for (const auto &cutLine : mCutLines)
@@ -1799,6 +1816,9 @@ void WaveClip::SetRate(int rate)
 
 bool WaveClip::Resample(int rate, ProgressDialog *progress)
 {
+   // Note:  it is not necessary to do this recursively to cutlines.
+   // They get resampled as needed when they are expanded.
+
    if (rate == mRate)
       return true; // Nothing to do
 
diff --git a/src/WaveClip.h b/src/WaveClip.h
index e03783dc0..83726f231 100644
--- a/src/WaveClip.h
+++ b/src/WaveClip.h
@@ -215,7 +215,15 @@ public:
    // essentially a copy constructor - but you must pass in the
    // current project's DirManager, because we might be copying
    // from one project to another
-   WaveClip(const WaveClip& orig, const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager);
+   WaveClip(const WaveClip& orig,
+            const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager,
+            bool copyCutlines);
+
+   // Copy only a range from the given WaveClip
+   WaveClip(const WaveClip& orig,
+            const std::shared_ptr<DirManager> &projDirManager,
+            bool copyCutlines,
+            double t0, double t1);
 
    virtual ~WaveClip();
 
@@ -266,9 +274,6 @@ public:
     * has changed, like when member functions SetSamples() etc. are called. */
    void MarkChanged() { mDirty++; }
 
-   /// Create clip from copy, discarding previous information in the clip
-   bool CreateFromCopy(double t0, double t1, const WaveClip* other);
-
    /** Getting high-level data from the for screen display and clipping
     * calculations and Contrast */
    bool GetWaveDisplay(WaveDisplay &display,
@@ -339,7 +344,6 @@ public:
 
    /// Remove cut line, without expanding the audio in it
    bool RemoveCutLine(double cutLinePosition);
-   void RemoveAllCutLines();
 
    /// Offset cutlines right to time 't0' by time amount 'len'
    void OffsetCutLines(double t0, double len);
@@ -367,35 +371,35 @@ public:
    XMLTagHandler *HandleXMLChild(const wxChar *tag) override;
    void WriteXML(XMLWriter &xmlFile) const /* not override */;
 
-   // Cache of values to colour pixels of Spectrogram - used by TrackArtist
-   mutable std::unique_ptr<SpecPxCache> mSpecPxCache;
-
    // AWD, Oct 2009: for pasting whitespace at the end of selection
    bool GetIsPlaceholder() const { return mIsPlaceholder; }
    void SetIsPlaceholder(bool val) { mIsPlaceholder = val; }
 
-protected:
-   mutable wxRect mDisplayRect;
+public:
+   // Cache of values to colour pixels of Spectrogram - used by TrackArtist
+   mutable std::unique_ptr<SpecPxCache> mSpecPxCache;
 
-   double mOffset;
+protected:
+   mutable wxRect mDisplayRect {};
+
+   double mOffset { 0 };
    int mRate;
-   int mDirty;
-   bool mIsCutLine;
+   int mDirty { 0 };
    std::unique_ptr<Sequence> mSequence;
    std::unique_ptr<Envelope> mEnvelope;
 
    mutable std::unique_ptr<WaveCache> mWaveCache;
-   mutable ODLock       mWaveCacheMutex;
+   mutable ODLock       mWaveCacheMutex {};
    mutable std::unique_ptr<SpecCache> mSpecCache;
-   SampleBuffer  mAppendBuffer;
-   size_t        mAppendBufferLen;
+   SampleBuffer  mAppendBuffer {};
+   size_t        mAppendBufferLen { 0 };
 
    // Cut Lines are nothing more than ordinary wave clips, with the
    // offset relative to the start of the clip.
-   WaveClipHolders mCutLines;
+   WaveClipHolders mCutLines {};
 
    // AWD, Oct. 2009: for whitespace-at-end-of-selection pasting
-   bool mIsPlaceholder;
+   bool mIsPlaceholder { false };
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/WaveTrack.cpp b/src/WaveTrack.cpp
index f0192fdc7..0eebf39ba 100644
--- a/src/WaveTrack.cpp
+++ b/src/WaveTrack.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ WaveTrack::WaveTrack(const WaveTrack &orig):
    Init(orig);
 
    for (const auto &clip : orig.mClips)
-      mClips.push_back(make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, mDirManager));
+      mClips.push_back
+         ( make_movable<WaveClip>( *clip, mDirManager, true ) );
 }
 
 // Copy the track metadata but not the contents.
@@ -630,7 +631,7 @@ bool WaveTrack::Trim (double t0, double t1)
 
 
 
-Track::Holder WaveTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1) const
+Track::Holder WaveTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1, bool forClipboard) const
 {
    if (t1 <= t0)
       return{};
@@ -641,6 +642,10 @@ Track::Holder WaveTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1) const
 
    newTrack->Init(*this);
 
+   // PRL:  Why shouldn't cutlines be copied and pasted too?  I don't know, but
+   // that was the old behavior.  But this function is also used by the
+   // Duplicate command and I changed its behavior in that case.
+
    for (const auto &clip : mClips)
    {
       if (t0 <= clip->GetStartTime() && t1 >= clip->GetEndTime())
@@ -649,25 +654,20 @@ Track::Holder WaveTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1) const
          //printf("copy: clip %i is in copy region\n", (int)clip);
 
          newTrack->mClips.push_back
-            (make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, mDirManager));
+            (make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, mDirManager, ! forClipboard));
          WaveClip *const newClip = newTrack->mClips.back().get();
-         newClip->RemoveAllCutLines();
          newClip->Offset(-t0);
       }
-      else
-      if (t1 > clip->GetStartTime() && t0 < clip->GetEndTime())
+      else if (t1 > clip->GetStartTime() && t0 < clip->GetEndTime())
       {
          // Clip is affected by command
          //printf("copy: clip %i is affected by command\n", (int)clip);
 
-         auto newClip = make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, mDirManager);
-         newClip->RemoveAllCutLines();
-         double clip_t0 = t0;
-         double clip_t1 = t1;
-         if (clip_t0 < clip->GetStartTime())
-            clip_t0 = clip->GetStartTime();
-         if (clip_t1 > clip->GetEndTime())
-            clip_t1 = clip->GetEndTime();
+         const double clip_t0 = std::max(t0, clip->GetStartTime());
+         const double clip_t1 = std::min(t1, clip->GetEndTime());
+
+         auto newClip = make_movable<WaveClip>
+            (*clip, mDirManager, ! forClipboard, clip_t0, clip_t1);
 
          //printf("copy: clip_t0=%f, clip_t1=%f\n", clip_t0, clip_t1);
 
@@ -675,27 +675,16 @@ Track::Holder WaveTrack::Copy(double t0, double t1) const
          if (newClip->GetOffset() < 0)
             newClip->SetOffset(0);
 
-         //printf("copy: clip offset is now %f\n", newClip->GetOffset());
-
-         if (!newClip->CreateFromCopy(clip_t0, clip_t1, clip.get()))
-         {
-            //printf("paste: CreateFromCopy(%f, %f, %i) returns false, quitting\n",
-            //   clip_t0, clip_t1, (int)clip);
-            // JKC: July 2007, previously we did 'return false' here which
-            // could leave *dest undefined.
-            // I think this is dealing with clips that don't have any sequence content
-            // i.e. we don't copy cut lines and such - anyone like to explain more?
-         }
-         else
-         {
-            newTrack->mClips.push_back(std::move(newClip)); // transfer ownership
-         }
+         newTrack->mClips.push_back(std::move(newClip)); // transfer ownership
       }
    }
 
    // AWD, Oct 2009: If the selection ends in whitespace, create a placeholder
    // clip representing that whitespace
-   if (newTrack->GetEndTime() + 1.0 / newTrack->GetRate() < t1 - t0)
+   // PRL:  Only if we want the track for pasting into other tracks.  Not if it
+   // goes directly into a project as in the Duplicate command.
+   if (forClipboard &&
+       newTrack->GetEndTime() + 1.0 / newTrack->GetRate() < t1 - t0)
    {
       auto placeholder = make_movable<WaveClip>(mDirManager,
             newTrack->GetSampleFormat(),
@@ -1069,7 +1058,8 @@ bool WaveTrack::HandleClear(double t0, double t1,
          {
             if (!clip->ClearAndAddCutLine(t0,t1))
                return false;
-         } else
+         }
+         else
          {
             if (split) {
                // Three cases:
@@ -1088,11 +1078,13 @@ bool WaveTrack::HandleClear(double t0, double t1,
                   // NEW clips out of the left and right halves...
 
                   // left
-                  clipsToAdd.push_back(make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, mDirManager));
+                  clipsToAdd.push_back
+                     ( make_movable<WaveClip>( *clip, mDirManager, true ) );
                   clipsToAdd.back()->Clear(t0, clip->GetEndTime());
 
                   // right
-                  clipsToAdd.push_back(make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, mDirManager));
+                  clipsToAdd.push_back
+                     ( make_movable<WaveClip>( *clip, mDirManager, true ) );
                   WaveClip *const right = clipsToAdd.back().get();
                   right->Clear(clip->GetStartTime(), t1);
                   right->Offset(t1 - clip->GetStartTime());
@@ -1349,7 +1341,8 @@ bool WaveTrack::Paste(double t0, const Track *src)
       // AWD Oct. 2009: Don't actually paste in placeholder clips
       if (!clip->GetIsPlaceholder())
       {
-         auto newClip = make_movable<WaveClip>(*clip, mDirManager);
+         auto newClip =
+            make_movable<WaveClip>( *clip, mDirManager, true );
          newClip->Resample(mRate);
          newClip->Offset(t0);
          newClip->MarkChanged();
@@ -2377,7 +2370,7 @@ bool WaveTrack::SplitAt(double t)
          if(t - 1.0/c->GetRate() >= c->GetOffset())
             c->GetEnvelope()->Insert(t - c->GetOffset() - 1.0/c->GetRate(), val);  // frame end points
          c->GetEnvelope()->Insert(t - c->GetOffset(), val);
-         auto newClip = make_movable<WaveClip>(*c, mDirManager);
+         auto newClip = make_movable<WaveClip>( *c, mDirManager, true );
          if (!c->Clear(t, c->GetEndTime()))
          {
             return false;
diff --git a/src/WaveTrack.h b/src/WaveTrack.h
index 2fbb03ed5..977ca6474 100644
--- a/src/WaveTrack.h
+++ b/src/WaveTrack.h
@@ -167,8 +167,14 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API WaveTrack final : public Track {
    //
 
    Track::Holder Cut(double t0, double t1) override;
-   Track::Holder Copy(double t0, double t1) const override;
+
+   // If forClipboard is true,
+   // and there is no clip at the end time of the selection, then the result
+   // will contain a "placeholder" clip whose only purpose is to make
+   // GetEndTime() correct.  This clip is not re-copied when pasting.
+   Track::Holder Copy(double t0, double t1, bool forClipboard = true) const override;
    Track::Holder CopyNonconst(double t0, double t1) /* not override */;
+
    bool Clear(double t0, double t1) override;
    bool Paste(double t0, const Track *src) override;
    bool ClearAndPaste(double t0, double t1,