"File Being Used by MAC OS X..." HUH!!?

I had some .zip (created using the OSX Archive utility) files sent to my server from an outside client via AFP and when trying to open them it comes up with the following error: "Item <insert filename.zip here> is being used by MAC OS X and cannot be opened." What's that all about?
If I try to copy from the server to a local client via AFP I get the following error: "You may need to enter the name and password for an administrator on this computer to change the item named <filename.zip>". If I enter a password, it copies the file but then the file will disappear like it's supposed to be a hidden system file. What's up??? Any ideas?
Also.. server is running 10.3.9 and local clients are on 10.3.4.
G5/1.8dp Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Ok, so I tried unzipping with Terminal and I get the following response:
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
I know this is not the case in regards to the file. Help.

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