I believe the word they're looking for is called "competing" not stealing. They had nothing to license. They didn't have rights on any particular technology, a

I believe the word they're looking for is called "competing" not stealing. They had nothing to license. They didn't have rights on any particular technology, and they certainly didn't have rights to all "ways to pick a good profile picture." Even if this site does file a patent and get it, they likely STILL won't have the resources to then extract a licensing fee from anyone, as it isn't even clearly the same idea.