1. A method in a collaboration application for providing a shared clipboard, the method comprising: detecting that the collaboration application executing on a computing system has established a conversation with at least one other participant; and after detecting that the collaboration application has established the conversation, creating a shared clipboard for the conversation, wherein the shared clipboard is operable to contain an object placed by a participant in the conversation, wherein an object placed in the shared clipboard is available to the participants in the conversation; and enforcing access control of an object when a participant requests to place the object in the shared clipboard, the access control restricting the sharing of the object, wherein when at least one participant does have access rights to the object, but at least one participant does not have access rights to the object, preventing the object from being placed in the shared clipboard.