Media Folder on DVD from FCE HD 3.5 Editing Workshop won't copy to harddriv

I am trying to get started with the Editing Workshop book lesson 2. When I drag the Media folder that is provided with book to my hard drive it stops copying less than halfway and gives me the followig error message- The finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "Backstage" could not be read or written (Error code -36)
Am I doing something wrong?
Is it a bad disc or what....?

My humble apologies. Did I mention that I am new to Mac as well as FCE. I changed my e-mail in my profile. to one that should work. I have been receiving messages on the .mac address for my subscription to this forum; however I cannot send mail out from that account or apparemtly receive from anyone but Apple...I digress... that is a topic for another forum or my Apple pro.
Did I also mention my new Mac arrived just a couple of days before our baby girl. Sorry for my ignorance. The mail should go through now if not here's the address that has been working since setting up my Mac [email protected]

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