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Commitments and Contingencies
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and ContingenciesLease Commitments—The Company leases office facilities and space for data center operations under operating leases expiring in various years through 2031. Certain of these arrangements have free or escalating rent payment provisions and optional renewal clauses. All of the Company’s leases are accounted for as operating leases. Refer Note 3, “Leases” to the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.
Purchase Obligations—The non-cancellable contractual purchase obligations, primarily related to the Company’s data center hosting providers and software vendors, as of December 31, 2021, are as follows (in thousands):
20222023202420252026ThereafterTotal
Purchase Obligations$16,027 $17,846 $5,238 $854 $161 $— $40,126 
2030 Notes—The future interest and principal payments related to the 2030 Notes, as of December 31, 2021, are as follows (in thousands):
20222023202420252026ThereafterTotal
2030 Notes, including interest$39,073 $38,750 $38,750 $38,750 $38,750 $1,135,625 $1,329,698 
Letters of Credit—The Company has letters of credit in connection with our operating leases. The Company has not drawn down from the letters of credit and had $9.9 million, and $9.9 million available in aggregate as of December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively.
Legal Proceedings—The Company is and, from time to time may in the future become, involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business.
On June 9, 2021, a number of entities claiming to own or control the rights to musical compositions, including Universal Music Corp., through a coordinated effort of the National Music Publishers Association, filed a lawsuit against the Company (“NMPA Lawsuit”), in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, captioned ABKCO Music, Inc.; Big Machine Music, LLC; Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.; Cherio Corporation; Concord Music Publishing LLC; Concord Music Group, Inc.; Downtown Music Publishing LLC; Hipgnosis SFH I Limited; Hipgnosis Songs Group, LLC; Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.; MPL Communications, Inc.; MPL Music Publishing, Inc.; Panther Music Corp.; Peer International Corporation; Peermusic Ltd.; Peermusic III, Ltd.; Polygram Publishing, Inc.; Rodgers & Hammerstein Holdings LLC; Pulse 2.0, LLC; Reservoir Media Management, Inc.; Songs of Peer, Ltd.; Songs of Universal, Inc.; Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc.; Spirit Music Holdings, Inc.; Universal Music – MGB NA LLC; Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC; Universal Music Corp.; Universal Music Publishing, Inc.; Universal Musica, Inc., Plaintiffs v. Roblox Corporation, Defendant, alleging that the Company engaged in copyright infringement by using certain musical compositions on its Platform without necessary licenses. In September 2021, the Company entered into a settlement agreement regarding the NMPA lawsuit which settled the matter between the Company and the Plaintiffs. The cost of the settlement was fully accrued in June 2021 and was subsequently paid in September 2021.
In addition, the Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims, and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company has accrued for immaterial losses related to those litigation matters that the Company believes to be probable and for which an amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company considered the progress of these cases, the opinions and views of its legal counsel and outside advisors, its experience and settlements in similar cases, and other factors in arriving at the conclusion that a potential loss was probable. The Company cannot determine a reasonable estimate of the maximum possible loss or range of loss for these matters given that they are at various stages of the litigation process and each case is subject to the inherent uncertainties of litigation. The Company may incur substantial legal fees, which are expensed as incurred, in defending against these legal proceedings. Although the maximum amount of liability that may ultimately result from any of these matters cannot be predicted with absolute certainty and the ultimate resolution of one or more of these matters could ultimately have a material adverse effect on our operations.
Indemnifications—In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into agreements that may include indemnification provisions. Pursuant to such agreements, the Company may indemnify, hold harmless and defend an indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party. Some of the provisions will limit losses to those arising from third-party actions. In some cases, the indemnification will continue after the termination of the agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these provisions is not determinable. To date, the Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification provisions. The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers that may require the Company to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware corporate law. The Company also currently has directors’ and officers’ insurance.