The move was announced in court by attorney for YouTube and Google, Philip Beck, who said that the process of screening material in order to ensure legal safeguards would only take a few minutes.
Search engine Google acquired YouTube in October last year and is planning to create a library of digital fingerprints in order to facilitate the detection of material infringing copyright being uploaded onto the site.
The system would block access to anyone attempting to post a video clip on the site if the library recognised it as such.
Beck said that the new system would be operational by September but a spokesman for Google remained cautious, telling ZDNet in an email that "it's difficult to forecast specific launch dates" and emphasising the highly technologically complex nature of the undertaking.
Google took over YouTube, the world's most popular video sharing site, in a stock-for-stock transaction, but the site continues to operate independently to preserve its high profile and the successful brand it has developed since its creation in 2005.
The companies are now focusing on providing a more comprehensive service, including introducing new opportunities for professional content owners to distribute their work over the web to reach wider audiences.
