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INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |  |
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Jan. 05, 2015 | May 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Jul. 08, 2013 | Jul. 31, 2013 | Jul. 02, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Jul. 30, 2013
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patent application costs |  |  |  | $ 94,000 dss_PatentApplicationCosts | $ 78,000 dss_PatentApplicationCosts |  |  |  |  |
Patent and patent acquisition costs |  | 1,150,000 dss_PatentAndPatentAcquisitionCosts | 2,000,000 dss_PatentAndPatentAcquisitionCosts | 1,150,000 dss_PatentAndPatentAcquisitionCosts | 2,500,000 dss_PatentAndPatentAcquisitionCosts |  |  |  |  |
Acquired patents and patent rights |  |  |  |  | 27,856,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsOther |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  | 11,962,000 dss_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedGoodwill |  |  |  |  |
Write-off of goodwill amount |  |  |  |  | 239,000 us-gaap_GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit |  |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.99%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage |  |
Impairment of assets | 22,285,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived |  |  | 34,034,862 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived | 277,800 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of intangibles |  |  |  | 4,653,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets | 2,406,000 us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets |  |  |  |  |
Amount received from investors |  |  |  | 650,000 us-gaap_DeferredRevenueAndCredits | 500,000 us-gaap_DeferredRevenueAndCredits |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  | 12,046,197 us-gaap_Goodwill | 15,046,197 us-gaap_Goodwill |  |  |  | 3,322,799 us-gaap_Goodwill |
Impairment of goodwill |  |  |  | 3,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss | 238,926 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |  |  |  |
Accrued expenses from investors |  |  |  | 603,000 us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrentAndNoncurrent | 500,000 us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrentAndNoncurrent |  |  |  |  |
DSS Technology Management [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12,000,000 dss_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedGoodwill / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember
Estimate income tax benefit |  |  |  |  | 11,000,000 us-gaap_OtherIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |  |
Total cash investment |  |  |  |  |  | 250,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |
Return of investment in unconsolidated business |  |  |  |  |  | 750,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 40.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |
Customer list [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Write-off amount, gross |  |  |  |  | 258,000 dss_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnitGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerListsMember |  |  |  |  |
Write-off amount |  |  |  |  | 198,000 us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CustomerListsMember |  |  |  |  |
Non-compete agreement [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Write-off amount, gross |  |  |  |  | 150,000 dss_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnitGross / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember |  |  |  |  |
Write-off amount |  |  |  |  | 80,000 us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember |  |  |  |  |
Bluetooth device patent [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Patent and patent acquisition costs |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 500,000 dss_PatentAndPatentAcquisitionCosts / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_PatentedTechnologyMember |  |  |
Minimum [Member] | Patents and Patent Rights [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Useful Life |  |  |  | 2 years 6 months |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum [Member] | Patents and Patent Rights [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Useful Life |  |  |  | 7 years 6 months |  |  |  |  |  |

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