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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-13-038633
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130708
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130708

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000771999
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373]
		IRS NUMBER:				161229730
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		36 WEST MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 710
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14614
		BUSINESS PHONE:		585 232 1500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		36 W MAIN ST
		STREET 2:		SUITE 710
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14614

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NEW SKY COMMUNICATIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	THOROUGHBREDS USA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19861118

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hurwitz Warren
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001580363

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32146
		FILM NUMBER:		13958419

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
		STREET 2:		28 EAST MAIN STREET, SUITE 1525
		CITY:			ROCHESTER
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			14614
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        <issuerName>DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Ilan Goldbard, attorney in fact for Warren Hurwitz</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-07-08</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">Know all by these presents,
that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey D&rsquo;Angelo of Document Security Systems, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
and Kenneth Koch, Jeffrey Schultz, Merav Gershtenman and Ilan Goldbard of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.,
signing singly, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 92%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, forms and authentication documents for EDGAR Filing Access;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms and authentication documents; </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&rsquo;s capacity as an officer, director and/or 10% shareholder the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(4) </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange, self-regulatory or similar authority; and </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s discretion.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, (i) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act or any liability for
the undersigned&rsquo;s failure to comply with such requirements or (ii) any obligation or liability that the undersigned incurs
for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned&rsquo;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">This Power of Attorney does not revoke any
other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed this 21st day of June, 2013.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>/s/ Warren Hurwitz</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Warren Hurwitz</FONT></TD></TR>
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