X-Art — Read This Before You Sign
If X-Art has approached you or your agent about a scene, read this before you sign. X-Art is a small premium production run by Brigham Field and Colette Pelissier through Malibu Media, LLC. The studio itself has no major performer-safety record. What makes the X-Art context distinctive is the business model: Malibu Media has been the single largest filer of copyright-infringement lawsuits in US federal courts, and a separate lawsuit has alleged the operation generated over $26.5M without returning payments to its financiers.
- Type
- Studio
- Based in
- Malibu, CA area
- Founded
- 2009
- Parent
- Malibu Media, LLC. Founded and operated by Brigham Field and Colette Pelissier (married)
- Known for
- Softer-aesthetic premium porn; Malibu Media's role as the largest copyright-troll litigator in US federal courts
- Status
- Operating — small premium 'erotic cinema' operation
What it is
X-Art is a premium porn brand founded in 2009 by photographer Brigham Field and his partner Colette Pelissier (the couple is married; Colette goes by Colette Field professionally). The brand positioning is “erotic cinema” — softer aesthetics, higher production polish than mainstream hardcore peers, a small and curated performer roster. A second brand, Colette.com, was added later.
The production entity is Malibu Media, LLC. X-Art operates from the Malibu, California area where the founders are based. It is structurally independent of the Aylo network, Vixen Media Group, Evil Angel, and other larger studios.
What distinguishes X-Art from almost every other studio on this reference is not its production but its litigation behavior. Malibu Media has become the most prolific filer of copyright-infringement suits in US federal courts, targeting alleged individual downloaders at scale. Tech and legal reporting has consistently described the operation in terms used for “copyright troll” business models.
How it operates
X-Art books a small, highly curated roster of performers. Scenes are shot over multi-day or multi-week production cycles with detailed art direction, polished lighting, and cinematic camera work. The production pace is slower than mainstream studio work.
Booking typically comes through agency channels and established industry relationships. X-Art is selective about its roster and does not appear to run open casting or recruit broadly.
Distribution is through the X-Art paysite, Colette.com, and licensed syndication. Because of Malibu Media’s aggressive anti-piracy litigation, unauthorized distribution of X-Art content results in downstream legal exposure for alleged downloaders — which is information about the brand’s posture, not a direct performer-facing concern, but is the most distinctive public fact about the operation.
- Ongoing · Malibu Media, LLC has been the most prolific filer of copyright-infringement lawsuits in US federal courts — at peak, roughly 1,300 suits per year, representing over 33% of all US copyright-infringement filings in some years. Legal and tech publications (TorrentFreak, Hollywood Reporter, various legal commentary) consistently describe the operation in copyright-troll terms. This is an unusually aggressive enforcement posture that is part of the X-Art operational record. TorrentFreak
- 2021 · A lawsuit was filed alleging Malibu Media/X-Art's operation generated over $26.5 million in revenue without returning payments to its financiers. This is a business-side allegation on financier claims, not a performer-facing allegation. Hollywood Reporter
- 2014 · X-Art has been a plaintiff in early landmark individual-downloader copyright cases, which established some of the US federal-court precedent for how adult-content copyright enforcement against consumers is handled. The company's enforcement posture is not incidental — it's operational strategy. Herald Bulletin
Rate structure
Public pay figures for X-Art are not disclosed. The small curated-roster model and multi-day production cycles suggest higher per-engagement compensation than high-volume per-scene production, but specific rates are not publicly documented.
Same-day pay at wrap is industry standard for studio bookings. Given the smaller scale and custom nature of X-Art productions, payment terms may be more individually negotiated than at larger studios. Confirm in writing on the specific engagement.
Contract patterns
X-Art releases are between the performer and Malibu Media, LLC. The specific release-scope language matters because Malibu Media’s enforcement of its rights in the content is aggressive — which cuts both ways. On one hand, aggressive enforcement reduces the rate at which your content spreads uncontrolled across tube aggregators. On the other, Malibu Media’s litigation behavior against alleged end-user downloaders has been the subject of broad legal and media criticism, which is reputation context for any public association with the company.
A second consideration: a 2021 lawsuit filed against the operation alleges it generated over $26.5 million in revenue without returning payments to its financiers. That’s a business-side allegation rather than a performer-facing one, but it’s part of the operational public record.
- Counterparty on the release — Malibu Media, LLC is the operational entity; confirm the release names the current entity
- Distribution scope — primary X-Art and Colette.com paysites, plus any licensed third-party syndication
- How Malibu Media's copyright-enforcement litigation affects you if content is republished elsewhere — you're typically not a party but you could be named if litigation affects content featuring you
- Rate, payment timing, and any travel/accommodation structure in writing
- PASS-compliant STI testing for all participants, current within industry window
- Multi-day shoot structure: total shoot days, break structure, scene list in advance
- Any per-publication or usage-based fee structure in the contract — small premium operations sometimes have unusual pay structures
- Independent reference from a current or former X-Art performer — the curated roster is small enough that direct reference checking should be possible
- Single-scene booking, not multi-day curated-roster commitment. You shoot once; no ongoing association with a studio whose business model is mass litigation.
- Independent production, no financier-dispute exposure. We’re self-funded. No financier claims, no downstream litigation uncertainty.
- Standard distribution, transparent scope in writing. No aggressive-enforcement posture that makes your content a node in ongoing copyright litigation.
- Same-day pay direct to her. No unusual pay structures, no dependency on revenue-sharing with a financing structure.
- Single, stable operating entity. You know who you’re working with.
- Malibu Media, Litigious Porn Studio, Sued for Allegedly Cheating Financiers · Hollywood Reporter
- Accused Pirate Asks Court to Freeze Assets of 'Copyright Troll' Malibu Media · TorrentFreak
- GQ Magazine: On Set with X-Art Founders Brigham Field and Colette Pelissier · GQ (via LinkedIn republication)
- X-rated Legal Action Makes US History Books (Malibu Media copyright precedent) · Guru in a Bottle
- Slapped With Stealing Sexual Content (local coverage of X-Art enforcement) · Herald Bulletin
- Brigham Field — IMDb · IMDb