> It's a "fact" that a book has specific words in a specific order, yet we're not allowed to share that fact with other people without legal repercussions.

Talking about the order of words in text X is not the same as a reproduction of text X.

Example:

Original: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

Reproduction: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

Talking about the order: In the sentence beginning with the following fair-use excerpt "The quick brown", the word "fox" precedes "dog".

> I'm just saying that the idea that PII could be copyrightable doesn't seem THAT crazy to me

It would be awesome, because then I could license out my address and collect royalties any time it is used or mentioned.