[danlitt]

I disagree that information flow is required. Do you have a reference for that? Certainly it is an important consideration. But consider all the real literary works contained in the infinite library of babel.[1] Are they original works just because no copy was used to produce them?

[1]: https://libraryofbabel.info/

[Filligree]

Yes; the works are original.

However, describing the path you need to get there requires copyright infringement.