I can't copy and paste text from a website. Why is this?

On any website I go to, when I highlight and try to copy text from the body of the page with my mouse, nothing happens.

Is this a recent problem...after the last update on Oct. 27, 2010? Were you able to copy and paste before the 27th?
My optical marble mouse has had a breakdown from the update. No longer can I do a smooth scroll in Mozilla. However, I can in I.E. and Outlook Express. I posted on the 28th.

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