BEFORE YOU BUY A DOMAIN NAME, FIRST CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S HAUNTED

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

This developer bought a domain name, musicbox.fun, unaware that it had a history of copyright violations. This past activity negatively impacted the domain's reputation with search engines, causing the developer's website traffic to plummet. Before buying a domain, check for such “haunted” domains by using the Wayback Machine, searching for DMCA complaints, and examining historical SEO data.