Getting "don't have permission to read" message transferring pictures. ??

I've been transferring photos from my son's MacBook (Snow Leopard) to my newer iMac (Snow Leopard) by the File Sharing feature. Everything was working smoothly as I copied the file folders into my Pictures folder until the last 15-20 folders. Now, when I try to drag & drop (copy) his folders, it says:
"One or more items can’t be copied to “Pictures” because you don’t have permission to read them. Do you want to copy the items you are allowed to read?"
We don't understand because we haven't changed anything on the any of the pictures. They are all Read Only and I haven't had any problems with the hundreds of photos until now. We've opened the files/photos to Get Info. and there is no difference from the ones that were successfully copied to the ones that are bringing up this message (above). Any thoughts?
Many thanks!
lablady

I'm a novice at this stuff however thought this was worth posting...
After trying the above i got a few warnings about using sudo which put me of the method described.
Anyways after further research i found that if you select the file your trying to gain access to and then right click and select "get info", this will bring up a new panel/window.
At the bottom of the panel it lists the permissions. First if you unlock the padlock on the bottom right so that you can change the settings. Then click on "+" and select your current user name. Click on select and change the option to "Read & Write".
Now while your user name is still highlighted click on the option which says something along the lines of "Make the owner". Then just lock it and try opening the file again.
Note.
If you are doing multiple files and folders, then put them all in a single folder and change the privileges of that folder. This will save you doing each individually.
Anyways not sure if this is exactly right for your problem but figured its worth posting incase anybody comes across the page with a similar issue... worked for me, so hope this helps.

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