Just like this thread:
http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=63987 I get the same error, cyclic redundancy error. I think a new encryption method may be in use, it is quite possible that new copy protection techniques are being utilized. As with his problem, mine always freezes in the same place too, no matter what app I am using. And also this is with a brand new disc. There are no defects to the dic's surface at all, and others that I have talked to in Asia are saying they get the same results when trying to back up any Avex Trax discs (the recording company for Ayumi Hamasaki). Maybe it should be looked into?....