Geohot's lawyers attack back

Stewart Kellar and his team of attorneys, who are representing George Hotz (aka GeoHot), have fired some pretty potent shots at Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA), calling for a dismissal of all charges against the alleged PSN hacker.

Among the filings they charge:

* They state SCEA’s naked attempts to establish jurisdiction in Northern California are both to drain Hotz, a New Jersey resident, by claiming some of the hackers jailbroke PSN on their PS3’s in Northern California. Hotz’s lawyers state that this is a tactic designed to rob Hotz of his income (since he is an individual and not a company), and to have favorable conditions for SCEA: the U.S. District Court of Northern California has historically sided with technology companies over individuals.

• Kellar states Hotz never hacked PlayStation Network, which is SCEA’s domain. He only hacked the PlayStation 3 itself, which is in Sony of Japan’s domain, so SCEA has no right to sue Hotz.

• SCEA maintains the suit is valid because Hotz logged on to the PSN under the user name “blickmanic.” Hotz and his lawyers deny he has a PSN name under that name, and that user owns a PlayStation 3 with a different serial number than any Hotz’s have. Furthermore, Kellar states his team has found evidence to the real owner of that PSN name, and it is not Hotz. Without proof Hotz ever logged into PSN with a jailbroken PS3, SCEA has no case at all.

More info as it arrives.