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Investments (Details) (USD $)
1 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2014
Jan. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]    
Investment owned shares 594,530us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares  
DSS Technology Management [Member]    
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]    
Percent of outstanding common stock 6.00%dss_PercentOfOutstandingCommonStock
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Total cash investment $ 400,000dss_CashInvestmentNet
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$ 100,000dss_CashInvestmentNet
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