>> Perhaps you could tell us which of the exclusive rights enumerated in 17 USC 106 is implicated by merely "studying the code":
> 17 USC 106 is generally not held in especially high regard by courts outside the US. Is it a right guaranteed by Berne?
I can't believe there's any dispute here. The right to look at a copyrighted work is so obviously not exclusive to the copyright holder that your diversion is completely absurd.