Recovering old data from DVD

I have some interesting questions.
I have among my back up discs a DVD that has one file on it that is a .sit archive that is 4.03 GB in size. Created back on 12/30/04 in either 10.2.8 or OS 9.2.2 and don't know what version of stuffit. I realize the dumb thing was even attempting to archive a group of files/folders that large. The result a DVD that mounts with the sit file in the main directory and so far no amount of freeware expander utilities will expand the full .sit file it usually just gets to a certain point and quits. I've also found that I'm unable to copy the sit file to my local hard drive as this also gets to about the to the 1.x GB point and quits giving me an error of -36.
Now i'ts been over 2 1/2 years since I burned the DVD and I've since completely forgotten what's on it. Probably a sign that I don't need it and should just chuck it. No harm no foul right? But it's been one of those nagging things that keeps me from tossing the disc. It seems to me that the DVD either has bad sectors or is scratched or damaged to the point where it can't copy the file, though looking at the disc it looks to be in good shape. My questions are:
1. Is there a way to recover this or am I completely SOL and further attmepts are both an exercise in insanity (doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result) and useless concidering I've managed the last 2 1/2 years with out whatever it is that's in that .sit file?
2. Is there some sort of odd 2GB file limit when using disk copy or should I say disk utility now?
3. Is there a way to copy the full 4.03 GB file even if the file may be damaged?
4. I can't help but think at one time had coppied that file to my hard drive before.
I haven't tried any commercial software due to not wanting to spend the money only to see it not work. So far I've only stuck to trial and error options that didn't involve shelling out money.

I figured it was since no matter what the archive stops unpacking at the same point whether it's on the DVD or copied to the hard drive. No biggie, if I don't remember what's on it or haven't needed it in the last few years I probably don't need it now. My mistake was trying to compress a bunch of files and folder that were well over 4 GB to fit on a DVD. Frankly I'm suprised stuff it allowed me to do that.
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