Has copyrighting prevention gone too far?

[Mr Khan]

fordy said:
It is a bit ridiculous if companies were going after people such as the AVGN (perhaps they're afraid of their game being in the 'shitty game' category), but what about ones who LP games? There are arguments that this promotes the game, and gets people interested. On the other hand, some argue that the LPer finishing the game actually loses sales because people have seen what the ending has to offer.

Personally, I think it's a bit stupid, since I watch a few games that NintendoCapriSun has LPed, and I've ended up buying a few titles because of it (even games that are old still get some Virtual Console loving. Even though I completed Mystic Quest a long time ago, the LP motivated me to play through it again).

I like LPs because it provides point of references for almost any game worth referencing (and quite a few that aren't). So if i need to pull a reference to "that one bossfight in The Last Story," say, then it probably exists.