Phillipines? You're going to have to get uptodate on laws in the Phillipines! I found the wikipedia page (for whatever that is worth).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_Philippines
Thanks Lucia. I'm reading this now.
UPDATE: Just got my second letter today. The date of the follow-up letter was May 25, 2012 and the date of my envelope was June 6, 2012, but I only received this today (June 11, 2012). It says:
"Your failure to make payment immediately will result in escalation to our Legal department and the possibility of legal action being commenced for damages exceeding the amount presently being offered by a way of settlement."
I am now dealing with Benign Fasciculation Syndrome (BFS) and I'm not really comfortable in my life everyday, especially dealing with Getty copyright trolls.
We'll, Philippines is very common in terms of piracy and copyright infringement. A lot of people here like me are taking images on Google not being aware on copyrights, and shared it on their blogs, Facebook, etc., but now I think it''s time for me to warn them. I also know that there are some Filipinos here who got Getty extortion letters too, but I don't know about their status right now. Until now, there are still many of them selling pirated CD's, DVD's, etc. (movies, music, games, etc.) in any place. I still won't attempt to email or pay them. I also think the possibility of taking action against me by this copyright trolls will be zero to very low chance...but could be rare.
If I earn around $1,000 a day at least, I could afford to pay them to stop bullying me. But now, I'm still a poor guy and trying to play the "waiting game" for this.
Btw, I am so glad that I found this forum. Thank you so much Matthew, Oscar and other contributors who shared their Getty experiences here. I could have ended up paying these copyright trolls without digging deep into this precious hole of yours. I've got to learn a lot from here.