Following several legal battles with labels over licensing deals and being banished from app stores, Grooveshark's business is reported to be "bearing fruit" according to its CEO Sam Tarantino.

Historically, Grooveshark has been plagued with controversy regarding alleged copyright violations. Despite that, it recently agreed an out-of-court agreement with EMI Publishing and a licensing deal with Sony/ATV and looks to be moving into a more positive era, following a period in 2011/2012 that Tarantino dubbed the "year of getting punched ...