The Greek Collecting Society for Literary Works (OSDEL) is a non-profit civil cooperative society supervised by the Ministry of Culture, whose mission is the collective management and protection of copyright and related rights of authors and publishers of literary works, in accordance with the provisions of Law 2121/1993. OSDEL represents more than 7,500 authors (writers, translators, visual artists, journalists, contributors to scientific journals), more than 1,100 publishers (of books, periodicals and the press), as well as almost all foreign printed works through reciprocity agreements with organisations in 48 countries. It is managed by a 12-member, elected, unpaid Board of Directors, consisting of authors and publishers.