Curious Labs must have some clue as to what is going on. They are the ones who announce that the problem existed. And as i recall they anounced that they had identified a memory problem, after they had given the go-ahead to make the "final" CDs. IIRC, it was the bad character joint setup they knew about after they started printing CD's but before everything was shipped (though they didn't bother to mention it until users started pointing it out.) Of course, no problem! Just sign up for Content Paradox and we'll get you the fix as soon as you wade through all the advertising and put your serial number in a few times! (People resented it the first time, well you have to sign up now if you want your product to work right!)