FCP interprets .ipr & .motn files (correctly) with Black alpha. Since when?

For the first time in a long time, I imported .ipr and .motn files into an FCP project on Monday and was shocked to see that Alpha was interpreted (correctly!) as Black. (They were interpreted as Straight for as long as you could import those files types directly into FCP, since version 4.5)
The question in all of this: does anyone know when this all changed?
I'm pretty sure this is a recent change but I've been schooled frequently on this forum (not a bad thing at all) so this might just be another case of me getting sloppy.
Edit: I am on all the most recent stuff - FCP 6.0.3, QT 7.4.5, OS 10.5.2, etc
Message was edited by hanumang

So, I just ran across this little gem of the interaction between Livetype project files in a FCP timeline, QT 7.4.5 AND Aja Kona driver 5.1 NDD, all of which I have an operate. I've not removed my Kona card to see if that is my issue but perhaps I will tomorrow.
Here's the Cow thread: http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/98/870129
Here's a Livetype thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1528616&tstart=0
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