I just realized that I can copy SOME of the files from the CDROM, but none of the ones that I really need.
So.

Also, after you get a cd mounted try copy and pasting from the cd drive to the file browser and your desktop.
When I do this, I can see everything in the CDROM, I just can't copy about 6 of the files.

And also, do this:
mkdir test
cp -r test test2
When I do this, it works just fine

The permissions on /mnt/cdrom are as follows
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2000-05-12 13:33 folder