In fact, this meme is so old, there are probably a large number of readers who won't even recognize the guy in this 2003 Duke Nukem Forever parody: http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1062/dnfnfominister.jpg

Actually, Obama's overall approval rating dropped below 50% as early as July, with his Approval Index being below zero every day since June: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history

I would say it's more of "grey" in the sense of being illegal somewhere, yet no one does anything substantive to stop it in-country. Do we even know if it's illegal to bootleg content in Iraq? I can't imagine they have strong copyright laws there.