facts are not eligible for copyright.
plain facts are not copyrightable, as you point out, their expression certainly is.
The concept of a fact obviously may not be copyrighted because it is merely a concept. Barring descriptive literary devices, the facts may be copied at will in their expressed form. A photo, being a descriptive device, is copyrightable. Considering the example of the Haynes manual, I can extract factual information --such as a starter change procedure-- from the manual word-for-word and use it. The hysteria of the original poster remains unjustified as he will find that the usage of the article in question falls squarely under the veil of fair use, which still does not infer the work is copyrightable.
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