Should bloggers bother with accreditation?

From IANS (via MSN):

Bloggers to get official accreditation
New Delhi, May 17: If you are a serious blogger, the Indian government may just open its doors to you.

India is in the process of framing rules for granting accreditation to Internet journalists and bloggers for the first time, taking a reality check on an evolving world of net writers who could shape opinion and who have already been granted access to official corridors in countries such as the US.

"We are framing the rules for giving accreditation to dotcom journalists, including bloggers," Principle Information Officer Shakuntala Mahawal told IANS.

The first meeting on this was held a fortnight ago, and more are scheduled in the coming days.

"We want an inclusive policy and we want to complete the process as early as possible," Mahawal said.

First they will be offered accreditation. Then invites for official junkets. Then will come plots in "dotcom journalists colony". And so on. Domestication complete, we will never see a Tehelka-like expose again.

Do we really want this to happen to bloggers?