Upgraded to 10.4.7, now can't drag & drop aiff files from a CD to my HD

I work extensively with music [that's why I got a Mac]
I could always just drag aiff files from a CD onto my HD
to work on them before. Now, I get the "not permitted"
circle when I try to do this... and it happens on CDs I recorded,
as well as commercial Cds.
What's going on? I have a work-around, but this shouldn't be
happening! Drag & Drop has always been a Mac staple, now
it doesn't work. I've checked the last 25 pages of posts and
found no other complaint like mine.
Any ideas anyone? Thanks!

I just tried it, using a commercial audio CD. No problem copying AIFF file from the CD onto the Desktop, using either an admin account or a normal user account.
If you're familiar with Terminal and Unix commands, you could take a look at /Volumes and see what the permissions are on the mounted audio CD. That might be where the problem lies, though I don't know what would cause it.

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