[4] Webber began a drive to raise money to fight the MPAA in court, and over a couple of months, had accrued in excess of $40,000 in sheer member donations.
The content of the LokiTorrent website was replaced with the splash screen signature of the MPAA's anti-piracy campaign, reading "You can click, but you can't hide.
[11][12] The fact that not much was immediately known, coupled with the inopportune timing (losing credibility over the SEDO incident) caused the rumor mill to begin churning,[13] and users became angry and panicked.
Some also speculated that the entire existence of LokiTorrent had been an inside job to catch pirates, orchestrated by the MPAA (hence why it was the only one which stayed open after the round of lawsuits in December), and that Webber himself was nothing more than a fictional character.
[citation needed] A couple of weeks after the shutdown, news hit that the MPAA lawsuit was not a hoax after all,[14] citing court documents, complete with United States District Judge David C. Godbey's signature as proof.