Drag'n'drop locks up in finder and in many application

I can start dragging as usual, but then dragged item becomes permanently attached to mouse pointer - I can't drop it anywhere. I release mouse button, but item is not dropped. No amount of clicking can release it.
When this happens, mouse is mostly useless, only keyboard works and the only way to get back to recover is to forcekill the application or finder.
It affects all draggable elements in applications - Finder, Safari, iTunes, even non-native ones like Firefox and Spotify. Both when I use MBP's trackpad and Magic Mouse.
I don't think that's hardware problem with the mouse, as all operations except click-n-drag work flawlessly.
I've disabled access for assistive devices, disabled drag lock in trackpad preferences, and quit all apps that I think could affect mouse, I completely reinstalled the system from internet and all applications from time machine, but this doesn't resolve problem.
Have you got such problem? What causes it? How to prevent/fix it?
MacBook Pro Unibody 15", Mac OS X (10.8.2), Magic Mouse, external Display Port display

Did you find out what software was causing it?
http://screencast.com/t/aQF8xFRy5
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