Re: CD prices; when you're buying a CD, the cost of pressing the disc isn't the only thing to consider. You're not paying for the plastic first and foremost, you're paying for its contents. Look at books; would you argue "ten quid? But it's only a chunk of paper"? You're paying for the intellectual content.
And, sure, a large chunk of that is profit, and it's not necessarily fairly distributed. I don't know how much a band will see in royalties from the sale of an album, but I'll wager it's not fourteen quid. Such is consumerist life. Point is though, you're buying an artist's time, effort and creativity, along with costs from advertising and promotion, point of sale, distribution, etc etc.
It might only cost 50p to "make" a CD, but complaining about the retail cost based solely on this is, well, a little short-sighted.
I'd say a good album is probably worth ten quid. Computer games, on the other hand, now there's a field where they're actively taking the piss.