The difference is the USA acts across the planet, insisting its laws apply to all the world, applying its mockery of a justice system to the majority who never voted for it.
What goes on in India is for Indians. As a Brit I have no fear of Indian justice. US "justice" and attitudes scare the crap out of me.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-30/india...
http://syednazakat.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/the-inside-story...
Of course it is nowhere near the reach of the US, so yes, your overall point is still valid.
But I fear we're conflating two different issues here - Internet surveillance and illegal rendering. Just because some countries may not be doing the latter doesn't mean we as users should be blase about the former.
Although, as far as the UK is concerned, I have noticed that once Brits leave the island, the preponderance of their liberalism and tolerance seems to evaporate, leaving only an unpleasant core of xenophobia and bigotry. Or perhaps that is just some sort of self-selection / sampling bias, driven by the sort of people who tend to head off into the wide open yonder?
I don't think it's all of them (I'd say us but I returned to the motherland a while back), just the ones you notice.
Yes, I eventually realized you were not talking about melting down muffin tops.