Perhaps the greatest hurdle for the QR code business is the lack of standardization.

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But he acknowledges the uneven quality and lack of standardization among the studies.

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The lack of standardization makes it hard to summarize and measure how the industry as a whole is doing, which leads people to underestimate how much music is being produced and how much money is being earned.

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